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Edgar Degas, Self Portrait in a Soft Hat. (1834-1917) is considered to be one of the major representatives of Impressionism, due to his innovating composition and his perspective analysis of motion. He also was one of the most active artists of Impressionist movement, even though his artistic ideas were distinct from those of his Impressionist friends. He was born German Hilaire Edgar de Gas in Paris on july 1834, of a great and aristocratic family of bankers, rich and refined.

Found on impressionniste.net

Gustav Klimt. The Kiss (In German: Der Kuss) was painted by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt between 1907-08, the highpoint of his 'Golden Period', when he painted a number of works in a similar gilded style. A perfect square, the canvas depicts a couple embracing, their bodies entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by both linear constructs of the contemporary Art Nouveau style and the organic forms of the earlier Arts and Crafts movement. The work is composed of conventional oil paint with applied layers of gold leaf, an aspect that gives it its strikingly modern, yet evocative appearance.

found on www.klimt.com