A Morning by the Pond by Gustav Klimt, 1899 twa • Ceramic

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A Morning by the Pond by Gustav Klimt, 1899 twa • CeramicGustav Klimts A Morning by the Pond (1899) captures the artist at a pivotal moment, as he turned repeatedly to the lakes and meadows of Austrias Salzkammergut for quiet, concentrated studies of nature. Here, the surface of a still pond fractures trees and sky into a scintillating field of reflections, so that observation shades into ornament. A slim shaft of light across a distant meadow becomes the works anchor, holding steady while the rest shimmers