Medicine | Gustav Klimt | 1901 Louis Daguerre My Wife’s Lovers by Carl

My Wife’s Lovers by Carl Kahler

Goya's urgent brushstrokes add to the painting's haunting effect

Odilon Redon's 1890 painting "Closed Eyes" (Les Yeux clos) exemplifies his Symbolist approach

The Bronze Horseman by Henriette Gudin

Sascha Schneider’s The Feeling of Dependency (1894) is a striking allegory of human vulnerability and the overwhelming grip of addiction

Medicine | Gustav Klimt | 1901 Louis Daguerre My Wife’s Lovers by CarlAbout the artwork: Gustav Klimts Faculty PaintingsPhilosophy (1900), Medicine (1901), and Jurisprudence (1903)form one of the most controversial trilogies in modern art. Originally commissioned for the University of Vienna, these monumental works shocked the public with their dark symbolism, fragmented bodies, and unsettling depictions of human suffering. Philosophy dissolves humanity into a cosmic swirl, Medicine confronts the fragility of life