''The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze'' (French: ''L'Arbre de Vie, Stoclet Frieze'') is a painting by the Austrian
symbolist painter
Gustav Klimt. It was completed in 1909 and is based on the
Art Nouveau
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(Modern) style in a symbolic painting genre. The dimensions of the painting are , and it is housed at the
Museum of Applied Arts,
Vienna, Austria
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.
The painting is a study for a series of
three mosaics created by Klimt for a 1905-1911 commissioned work at the
Stoclet Palace in
Brussels, Belgium
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. The mosaics were created in the artist's Late Works period and depict swirling
Trees of Life, a standing female figure, and an embracing couple. The mosaics are spread across three walls of the Palais' dining room, along with two figural sections set opposite each other.
Klimt Museum
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The iconic painting later inspired the external facade of the "New Residence Hall" (also called the "Tree House"), a colorful 21-story student residence hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts
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.
See also
* Tree of Life
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* '' Stoclet Frieze''
* List of paintings by Gustav Klimt
References
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1909 paintings
Paintings by Gustav Klimt
Paintings in Vienna
Oil on canvas paintings