The Lovers’ Chronicle 14 July – comin’ due – art by Gustav Klimt & Juliette Wytsman

14 July 2023 By Rhett 0 In Random

Dear Zazie, Here is Mac Tag‘s Lovers’ Chronicle to his muse. Follow us on twitter @cowboycoleridge. Rhett

The Lovers’ Chronicle

Dear Muse,

i hid to my despite

till i could not bear it

leavin’ memories in each place

where eer i saw beauty lie

for i could not allow

myself more

but it seems only time

can keep me down

and een silence found a voice,

to haunt me all the night through

the beginnin’, lingerin’, lifelong

so this makes
perfect sense

“She said I should
look after you,
that you suffered
from a deep sadness.”

two things, first
well no shit
she knew why
but she never did
a damn thing about it

second,
bein’ looked after…
not hardly
not ever

as i stumble around
inside my head
a reckonin’ awaits
all i have done
all i have said
comes due
tell the Revelator
i am ready

the sufferin’ is just
swear, She said
no more delayin’
swarmin’ t’ward adharma

was the vow worth upholdin’
and what of holdin’ out
but that is what She said

never meant no harm

Gratitude
For the smart, vibrant
Dark-haired beauty
Tryin’ to help me
Mend my broken heart

Today is the birthday of Gustav Klimt (Baumgarten, Austrian Empire; July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918 Vienna); symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d’art. His primary subject was the female body. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes.

In the early 1890s Klimt met Emilie Louise Flöge (a sibling of his sister-in-law) who was to be his companion until the end of his life. His painting, The Kiss (1907–08), is thought to be an image of them as lovers. He designed many costumes she created and modeled in his works.

Gallery

Photographic portrait from 1914

Klimt in a light Blue Smock by Egon Schiele, 1913

A section of the Beethoven Frieze, at Secession Building, Vienna (1902)

Judith II (1909)

The Kiss 1907–08, oil on canvas, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna

Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907),

The Sunflower, c. 1906

Die Umarmung (“The Embrace”) – detail from the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.

Der Blinde (The Blind Man) 1896, Leopold Museum
Stiller Weiher (Egelsee bei Golling, Salzburg) (Tranquil Pond) 1899, Leopold Museum
Philosophie 1899–1907. Destroyed 1945
Medicine (detail) 1899–1907. Destroyed 1945
Jurisprudence 1899–1907. Destroyed 1945
Judith and the Head of Holofernes, 1901. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Portrait of Hermine Gallia, 1904. National Gallery, London
The Three Ages of Woman, 1905, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Portrait of Fritza Riedler 1906
Danaë, 1907. Private Collection, Vienna
Hope II, 1907–08, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Mäda Gertrude Primavesi, 1912, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Eugenia Primavesi (1913–14)
Avenue in Schloss Kammer Park, 1912, Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Girlfriends or Two Women Friends, 1916–17, (Galerie Welz, Salzburg, later destroyed)

Two Female Nudes Standing, ca. 1900, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Girl Seated in a Chair, 1904, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Frau bei der Selbstbefriedigung (Masturbation), 1916

Rosebushes under the Trees

Oberösterreichisches Bauernhaus

Sonja Knips

Beech Grove I

And today is the birthday of Juliette Wytsman (née Trullemans; Brussels; 14 July 1866 – 8 March 1925 Ixelles); impressionist painter. She was married to painter Rodolphe Wytsman. Her paintings are in the collections of several museums in Belgium.