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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt (1862–1918), best known for frank, erotic depictions of the female body.

Etymologies

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Klimt +‎ -ian

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Examples

  • Made while Francis was living in Paris, these luminous paintings consist of fields of radiant color laid on in soft, translucent bubble shapes that show him at his Klimtian best.

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2010

  • But instead of straight black Asian hair, the model’s long, curly, Klimtian hair created a brilliant melding of East and West, of the Viennese Mitteleuropa past and the Blade Runner–esque Pacific Rim future.

    Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

  • But instead of straight black Asian hair, the model’s long, curly, Klimtian hair created a brilliant melding of East and West, of the Viennese Mitteleuropa past and the Blade Runner–esque Pacific Rim future.

    Last Lullaby Denise Hamilton 2004

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