Point of View: Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
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Figure 1
Medicine by Gustav Klimt.
This painting was commissioned for the Great Hall of the University of Vienna. It was exhibited for the first time at the tenth Secession exhibition in 1901 and was destroyed in 1945.
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© 2018 Alamy Ltd. Stock photo reproduced with permission.
Figure 2
Goldfish, 1901–1902 by Gustav Klimt.
Originally entitled To my detractors, Goldfish reflects Klimt’s response to the criticisms he received for Philosophy and Medicine.
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© 2018 Alamy Ltd. Stock photo reproduced with permission.
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Point of View: Science, art, society and Klimt’s University of Vienna paintings
eLife 8:e50016.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50016
