Expert Voices: Helena Newman on Gustav Klimt’s Insel im Attersee

Painted at the very beginning of the twentieth century, Insel im Attersee is among Klimt’s most evocative landscapes. Depicting the mesmerizing blue waters of the Attersee (Atter Lake) in Austria, it marks a key moment in Klimt’s career, as he pioneered a new and distinctive approach to landscape painting. In this work, traditional perspective and subject are abandoned to a flood of color and form that borders on the abstract. Klimt creates a composition that immerses the viewer in a contemplation of nature and art that is both timeless and profoundly modern in sensibility.
Insel im Attersee from Gustav Klimt will be offered in Sotheby’s Modern Evening auction on 16 May at Sotheby’s New York as a part of the New York Sales.

[@huberthanks3007]

Magnificent. This painting has mimimal elements yet remains so vivid and powerful.

[@user-re1lu4nv9o]

Fifth best painting in 2023. This work from Klimt is marvelous, almost an abstract away for the commissioned. Nature is the icon. Connecting feelings with landscape. A legacy from Monet perhaps.

[@donaldwarriner1640]

Extraordinary affect this painting had on me within seconds of taking it in. PS The commentary was much appreciated.

[@wildflowers8]

It's mesmerizing...when is it in auction, this week?

[@wildflowers8]

Oh tomorrow....I'll be there!

[@c.l.9344]

Beautiful painting. 🖼️

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착퓸이 참 아름답고 예술적인 작퓸 입니다~~

[@atar212]

Beautiful... Mesmerizing.

[@fabiankunz7599]

I found the commentary very interesting and useful, thanks Sotheby's for the insights.

[@ed_leonardi]

This series is literally called "Expert Voices", and Newman is a great expert on modern art!

[@mykingdomforak9]

I enjoyed the discussion,
however,
she definitely should have stood to the side of the masterpiece,
not in front-center of it🙄😞.

[@davidmalakie6622]

Indeed, Magnificent.

[@lindamon5101]

Que Lindo!

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😍😍😍

[@elanaphi]

❤❤❤

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❤❤❤