![1900, Gustav Klimt, The Black Bull [Der schwarze Stier] -- Leopold Museum (Vienna) | by R.M.Lenox](http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54458250931_8440120f16.jpg)
1900, Gustav Klimt, The Black Bull [Der schwarze Stier] -- Leopold Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: This unusual motif of a bull dominating the entire depiction was created during Klimt's first stay in Litzlberg on the Attersee. A city person, the artist was evidently so impressed with the stables of the brewery inn and the bull named Martin that he thought the motif worthy of being captured on canvas. All corporeal and spatial elements appear muted by the work's clayey coloring. The only source of light penetrating the dusky atmosphere is provided by the small stable window in the background admitting some rays of bright light.
1900, Gustav Klimt, The Black Bull [Der schwarze Stier] -- Leopold Museum (Vienna)
From the museum label: This unusual motif of a bull dominating the entire depiction was created during Klimt's first stay in Litzlberg on the Attersee. A city person, the artist was evidently so impressed with the stables of the brewery inn and the bull named Martin that he thought the motif worthy of being captured on canvas. All corporeal and spatial elements appear muted by the work's clayey coloring. The only source of light penetrating the dusky atmosphere is provided by the small stable window in the background admitting some rays of bright light.