Fin de siècle Vienna, a unique, thrilling, and polyglot city, described as ‘an experimental station for the end of the world’, witnessed the birth of one of the most exciting and provocative art movements of all time – the Vienna Secession. Gustav Klimt was at its forefront. Gustav Klimt at Home examines how Klimt’s holidays to Venice, Ravenna, and the shores of the Attersee inspired his paintings. It shines a light not only on the impact of Vienna, with its pre-WWI Jewish population of 10%, on his life and work, but also the indelible impression that Klimt left on the city.

Art and cultural historian Patrick Bade was a lecturer for the MA programme at Christie’s Education in London until 2015. A prolific author, his publications include Femme Fatale: Images of Evil and Fascinating Women, and a number of monographs on artists such as Degas, Renoir, Burne-Jones, Beardsley and Tamara de Lempicka. He has also taught at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Opera House.