Klimt's painting meets Freywille Jewellery

Freywille's Hommage à Gustav Klimt collection is inspired by Klimt's works and unique technique, paying homage to the great painter and the Viennese Art Nouveau. Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter and one of the most important representatives of the Vienna Secession movement, while he also played an important role in the development of Art Nouveau. At the end of the 19th century, he presented a completely new way of painting that combined figurative and abstract painting, combining details from nature images with abstract, colourful and mosaic motifs.

Egon Schiele paints Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, in 1862. His father was an engraver and his mother a singer. Influenced by the artistic environment in which he grew up, at the age of fourteen he enrolled in the Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts) in Vienna and in the following years he studied various techniques, such as relief and fresco painting.
By 1909, he had received tremendous acclaim for his murals in the Burgtheater, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the University of Vienna. In 1910, the Venice Biennale purchased his work "Judith II" or "Salome", which established him internationally. Klimt was a founding member and president of the Vienna Secession, which played an important role in the development of Art Nouveau, reacting to the conservative attitude of the academic art world. Klimt's style combined, in an innovative way, elements of Symbolism and Art Nouveau, with parallel influences from ancient Greek, Mycenaean and Egyptian pottery.
In his paintings he often intertwined gold with silver earth, metals and ceramics, with a particular emphasis on the decorative elements of his works.

In his paintings he mainly depicts women, and the eroticism that dominates his works often causes a reaction in the conservative society of the time. He described the erotic element as a tribute "to the good but lustful race of the hypersensitive". 

In the early 1890s, Klimt met the fashion designer Emilie Louise Flöge, who would remain his companion for the rest of his life. Emilie became his muse and featured in several of his paintings, and his masterpiece The Kiss is believed to be a picture of them together. Klimt suffered a stroke, and died a few days later in 1918. His last words were "Get Emilie". 

Hommage à Gustav Klimt: the Freywille Jewellery line inspired by Klimt

Freywille's creators are inspired by Klimt, his distinctive style, his muses, the wide range of colours, the rich imagery and the strong presence of gold in his works.

Adele Bloch-Bauer's portrait, with its distinctive, decorative elements and playful forms, was the starting point for Freywille's most luxurious jewellery range, which combines enamel with 18-carat gold and exquisite diamonds.

The painting "Hoffnung II" (Hope II) served as the inspiration for Freywille's eponymous design that combines gold with bright colours and swirling shapes.
The Nixe design is dedicated to the painting "Wasserschlangen I" (Watersnakes I) which features two dreamy nymphs. Here, gold surrounds the colours, giving the jewellery a glittering finish. In the Nixe Aqua version, the same design is depicted in shades of blue, turquoise and violet.
The Ultimate Kiss series, inspired by the painting "The Kiss", artfully reflects Klimt's "Golden Period", using five different types of gold, presenting a fascinating depiction of love.