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  1. Klimt, Gustav Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a seminal Austrian painter whose unique style and decorative flair positioned him as a leading figure of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt was born in 1862 in Baumgarten, Vienna. His father, Ernst Klimt the Elder, was a gold engraver and it's perhaps this that influenced Klimt's later work which was highly embellished with gold leaf. Klimt began his artistic journey at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, where he trained as a decorative painter. His ...
  2. Mucha, Alphonse Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was a Czech painter and decorative artist, renowned for his distinctive Art Nouveau style. Born in 1860 in Ivančice, Moravia (now the Czech Republic), Mucha showed an early interest in art. Despite financial difficulties, he pursued his passion, studying at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and later at the Academie Julian and the Academie Colarossi in Paris. Mucha's breakthrough came in 1894 when he was commissioned to create a poster for the actress Sarah Bern...