Flowering Poppies by Gustav Klimt, 1907 Size:50x50in (127x127cm) West 17th St

West 17th St

Each settlement is nestled among distinctive local features—oil derricks in the south

creating a lively rhythm

inviting contemplation

Flowering Poppies by Gustav Klimt, 1907 Size:50x50in (127x127cm) West 17th StGustav Klimts Flowering Poppies (1907) is a radiant meditation on nature from the leading light of the Vienna Secession. Painted during his summer sojourns near Lake Attersee, the work compresses a meadows exuberance into a square field of near allover pattern: a sea of red poppies afloat on dense, shimmering greens, capped only by a narrow band of distant blue sky. Klimt merges close observation with a decorative sensibility, layering small, mosaic