Portrait of a Woman
by MAKART, Hans, Oil on panel, 120 x 80 cm
The Austrian academician Hans Makart, a friend of Richard Wagner, organized spectacular shows that combined various art forms. He was one of the representatives of artistic officialdom who exerted an appreciable influence on modern art, particularly on Gustav Klimt. In Germany and Austria the change of artistic orientation took place quietly, without the furious disputes between traditionalists and rebels that marked French art in the same period.