“The Kiss” is the final painting of Gustav Klimt’s Golden Period and forms the centerpiece of the world’s largest collection of the artist’s works, housed in Vienna’s beautiful Upper Belvedere Palace. Depicting two lovers locked in an embrace in a meadow of flowers, it stands out thanks to Klimt’s use of gold leaf and a background suffused with gold, silver, and platinum flakes. Some think it’s representative of the artist himself with life-long partner Emilie Flöge. One of the world’s most instantly recognizable paintings, ‘The Kiss’ marked a significant watering down of the erotic intensity that Klimt’s earlier works had been criticized for. Thousands flock here each year to see this revolutionary work. Make sure you also admire some of the other art on show and take a stroll through the gardens of the Baroque palace complex.
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