The Virgin by Gustav Klimt Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm simplified form

simplified form

and the careful observation of how willow actually grows

Biomorphic forms — spirals

striking composition

Lyman Sayen radiates the spirit of Fauvism — flat planes of saturated colour collide and hum against each other in a landscape-format arrangement that feels both spontaneous and structurally considered

The Virgin by Gustav Klimt Size:L - 70 x 100.0cm simplified formPainted between 1912 and 1913, Klimt's The Virgin gathers seven female figures into a swirling dreamscape of pattern, colour, and symbol. The sleeping maiden at the centre is surrounded by companions in varying states of wakefulness and reverie, their bodies and garments dissolving into a dense field of decorative motif spirals, florals, geometric forms rendered in jewel toned gouache over oil. The composition circles inward with an almost hypnotic