# Hope, I [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KLIMT, Gustav]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Oli on canvas, 189 x 67 cm ## Commentary Gustav Klimt was a leading figure in the Vienna Secession. This bold image violated contemporary standards of propriety, forcing its withdrawal from his first Secession retrospective. Klimt juxtaposed the promise of new life with the destructive forces of death. Despite the monstrosities around her, the subject remains unperturbed, confident of the renewal within. Preliminary sketches for this painting depict a couple within a landscape reflecting upon their happiness; Klimt's changes may have been a reaction to the death of his infant son in 1902. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Altar of Dionysos]() - [Avenue in the Park of Schloss Kammer]() - [Beethoven Frieze: centre wall \(detail\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: centre wall \(detail\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: centre wall]() - [Beethoven Frieze: left wall \(part 1\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: left wall \(part 2, detail\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: left wall \(part 2\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: right wall \(part 1\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: right wall \(part 2, deatail\)]() - [Beethoven Frieze: right wall \(part 2\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()