Hermine Gallia
1904
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1904
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This is a pencil sketch of a woman in a frilly white dress, her hands folded in her lap. The lines are loose and quick, like the artist barely lifted the pencil from the paper. Klimt drew this as a study for a later oil portrait. The finished painting is smoother, but this version feels more alive—like you’re watching her sit for the artist. Hermine Gallia was part of Vienna’s wealthy Jewish circle, and Klimt often painted society women in their finest clothes. To see how Klimt turned sketches into polished portraits, look up *Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918)*.
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