LEGO Art 31221 Gustav Klimt – The Kiss revealed!
Posted by CapnRex101,
LEGO Art already includes recreations of several famous paintings and another joins the series in August, Gustav Klimt's The Kiss. The press release follows:
31221 Gustav Klimt – The Kiss
4,000 pieces, rated 18+
$299.99 / £269.99 / €299.99
Available at LEGO.com from 1st August
The LEGO Group and the Belvedere Museum reveal the largest LEGO Art Masterpiece to date: Gustav Klimt – The Kiss
The LEGO Group, in collaboration with Belvedere Museum, invites fans to discover the golden age of art with the new LEGO Art Gustav Klimt – The Kiss set. This 4,000-piece LEGO Art set is a striking three-dimensional tribute to one of the world’s most iconic paintings, and the largest LEGO Art Masterpiece set released to date.
Inspired by Klimt’s celebrated masterpiece The Kiss, the set captures the emotion, ornamentation and luminous colour palette that defined the Austrian modernist painter’s work and the Vienna Secession movement. Reimagined through LEGO bricks, the artwork becomes an immersive creative experience that blends art, design and mindful building.
Created in collaboration with the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, where the original painting is permanently displayed, the set faithfully recreates Klimt’s signature style using layered textures and intricate details. Decorated circles, spirals, flowers, metallic gold elements and familiar LEGO studs come together to depict the iconic embracing couple in rich, tactile form.
Speaking about the design process, Milan Madge, Master Model Designer at the LEGO Group, said: "Recreating Klimt’s The Kiss in LEGO bricks was a unique creative challenge, requiring us to capture its rich textures, golden tones, and intricate detail while honouring the original masterpiece. By combining golden LEGO elements with specially decorated pieces, we were able to recreate the artwork’s distinctive shades and textures in a building experience that celebrates its extraordinary beauty."
To accompany the launch, the LEGO Group has produced a podcast episode featuring Master Model Designer Milan Madge and Stephanie Auer, Curator of 19th- and 20th-Century Art at the Belvedere Museum. Available from 1st August via LEGO.com/TheKiss, Spotify and YouTube, the conversation explores Klimt's artistic legacy and the creative process behind translating The Kiss into LEGO brick form – a perfect podcast to create an even more immersive building experience.
Stephanie Auer on the collaboration: "Working as a curator for the adaptation of Klimt’s The Kiss into a LEGO Art set was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Together with Milan Madge, we had extensive discussions about Gustav Klimt’s symbolism, ornamentation, and artistic techniques, as well as how these could be represented using LEGO bricks. Distinctive features such as the flatness and composition were carefully translated into LEGO bricks—always with the goal of staying true to the spirit of the original work."
The LEGO Art Gustav Klimt – The Kiss (31221) will be available for LEGO Insiders Early Access from 1 August 2026, and for all from 4 August 2026, priced at £269.99 / €299.99 / $299.99. Discover more and purchase at LEGO.com/TheKiss, your nearest LEGO Store or select retailers.
What do you think of The Kiss' translation to LEGO form? Let us know in the comments.
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Wow, just wow. Possibly one of the best Art sets yet.
Absolutely gorgeous! I'm just glad it's smaller than the real thing
Wow, indeed one of the best. The price is a bit on the high side, although the details are so rich that I guess you have to literally pay the price for all those studs
Even when it seems like they captured the style pretty well with lots of NPU, can't say I care much about this particular one, neither the real one nor the Lego rendition. And at €300, I do wonder how many people will....
And for that money you can also get the actual painting!
(well, maybe not quite....)
The way that face is built is crazy cool
Truly incredible design work here. The swirls, gold flecks, and pattern of the robe have been recreated shockingly well!
I admit the original is not for me. Not the kind of art I'm into.
But the execution of the LEGO version is incredible, imho definitely among the very best of all the Art sets. Might get it just for the build experience.
Gustav Klimt found his characteristic style in 1902, but his contemporaries never saw it coming. Before that, nobody believed in Klimt-change.
3,999 pieces plus a brick separator
What a perfect painting to translate in Lego form, it looks fantastic
Beyond stoked. This is my wife's favorite painting, and we have a print hanging in our kitchen. Really hoping this gets added as a Build Together set in the app.
I can't believe it's been made into a set, just need to find a way to afford it somehow!
I had never seen the artpiece until today. My initial impression was "what is that even supposed to be? "
Then I googled the real picture... WOW did they do an incredible job re-creating it!!
Where's the poll?
The design is really cool, but $300...? And the build looks a bit tiresome; I wouldn't want to be putting together that background.
That looks like a nightmare to build. Just 1x1's over and over for so long. But I know people who thrive with such builds, so that's good for them. For me this would be a punishment rather than good time.
I'm impressed - if I didn't have severe Lego fatigue (due to other reasons and priorities) and can't get myself motivated to build anything to finish no matter how cool the set, this would be a day one buy for me.
I'm considering to buy this and keep it stored for far later, hoping motivation comes back one day, but even storing lego feels so insignificant.
I can't tell what it is.
No wait, I can - it's a parts pack, and it will serve my MOC purposes nicely.
It looks lovely.
At this prices I recommend going to a local art school and buying a piece of art. Support an artist
This is a mess and I can’t tell what I’m supposed to be looking at
This is amazing. It's also very big!
It's been my wife and I favourite painting. I might get it, although it's very expensive.
That actually works.
@Sandinista said:
"This is a mess and I can’t tell what I’m supposed to be looking at "
It resembles my kids’ barf on a long road trip.
I love Klimt's work, and all jokes aside, I think this is a pretty good rendition of his work. That said, I don't think I'll be getting this. I already have a reproduction of "The Kiss" in my study, and I don't need a second one.
It's fine if you don't like this. Art is after all, subjective. But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy). Meanwhile, I'm struggling to think of a painter from the US who is quite as influential or as prolific.
I don't think ChatGPT counts, but I fear a lot of other people might.
@Sandinista said:
"This is a mess and I can’t tell what I’m supposed to be looking at "
Dog vomit on a piece of cardboard I think.
im gonna be real with y'all I thought this was a pile of vomit in the thumbnail
It looks very good, but there seems to be one crucial detail missing: where are the woman’s eyes and mouth? I can only see her eyebrows.
@Crux said:
"But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy)."
You got me thinking there for a moment......but yeah, there was indeed that other guy. Why hasn't he gotten a Lego set yet?
Lego has done a wonderful job.
I'm sorry but I need to rant / I need assistance. I'm on Reddit "discussing" about this amazing piece with a few people. A bunch of them have been thinking that the ORIGINAL painting in the museum is worth less than $300. Someone even said he bought it from the museum for $250. WTF? The only reasonable person (who claimed that it's worth MUCH MORE) has been downvoted heaps. I'm the only one supporting him and being downvoted as well. That's just ridiculous. If any of you could spare a minute PLEASE come and leave some fair comments. Thank you so much!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1uxcu9y/comment/oxqxvfd/?context=1&screen_view_count=12&sort=new
My only quibble is my personal Art-themed Conspiracy Theory is that I’m firmly convinced Emilie Flöge should get a collaboration credit for most of Klimt’s paintings of this style because, well, look up her work and it seems likely what he was using as references for the fantastical garments.
Otherwise this is a very impressive and instantly recognisable recreation of one of the most famous paintings in the world.
No comment on the comment section.
@WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy)."
You got me thinking there for a moment......but yeah, there was indeed that other guy. Why hasn't he gotten a Lego set yet?
"
I also had to think for a moment!
Maybe the other guy was too much into military to get a LEGO set?
@WizardOfOss said:
"And for that money you can also get the actual painting!
(well, maybe not quite....)"
Calling that an understatement is itself an understatement :P
We're talking Klimt here, his works fetch some of the highest prices at auction on the planet. This is arguably his most famous work, so a quarter of a BILLION USD may be lowballing it. I'm not exaggerating - once of his lesser-known works sold last year for US$236 million.
@Snowy_Tabbert said:
"Lego has done a wonderful job.
I'm sorry but I need to rant / I need assistance. I'm on Reddit "discussing" about this amazing piece with a few people. A bunch of them have been thinking that the ORIGINAL painting in the museum is worth less than $300. Someone even said he bought it from the museum for $250. WTF? The only reasonable person (who claimed that it's worth MUCH MORE) has been downvoted heaps. I'm the only one supporting him and being downvoted as well. That's just ridiculous. If any of you could spare a minute PLEASE come and leave some fair comments. Thank you so much!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1uxcu9y/comment/oxqxvfd/?context=1&screen_view_count=12&sort=new "
I was with that guy. I told him not to spend so much on a painting but he haggled them down pretty far. Hard to pass up a museum piece at that price.
@UProbeck said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @Crux said:
"But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy)."
You got me thinking there for a moment......but yeah, there was indeed that other guy. Why hasn't he gotten a Lego set yet?
"
I also had to think for a moment!
Maybe the other guy was too much into military to get a LEGO set?
"
I was about to say “and hey there’s also (famous painter actually known primarily for painting) Egon Sch-“ and then remembered that there are definitely fine artists in this world that one should not be mentioning on Lego blogs that aim for family-friendly. Not that he’s quite at The Kiss level of ubiquity, but then not many artists are.
I think it looks great. I love the art series so far.
Wonderful.
* No, it doesn't interest me
@Snowy_Tabbert said:
"Lego has done a wonderful job.
I'm sorry but I need to rant / I need assistance. I'm on Reddit "discussing" about this amazing piece with a few people. A bunch of them have been thinking that the ORIGINAL painting in the museum is worth less than $300. Someone even said he bought it from the museum for $250. WTF? The only reasonable person (who claimed that it's worth MUCH MORE) has been downvoted heaps. I'm the only one supporting him and being downvoted as well. That's just ridiculous. If any of you could spare a minute PLEASE come and leave some fair comments. Thank you so much!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1uxcu9y/comment/oxqxvfd/?context=1&screen_view_count=12&sort=new "
I assumed everyone knew that Reddit was mostly populated by morons.
@gearwheel said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"And for that money you can also get the actual painting!
(well, maybe not quite....)"
Calling that an understatement is itself an understatement :P
We're talking Klimt here, his works fetch some of the highest prices at auction on the planet. This is arguably his most famous work, so a quarter of a BILLION USD may be lowballing it. I'm not exaggerating - once of his lesser-known works sold last year for US$236 million."
Obvious joke hopefully was obvious? ;-)
@gunther_schnitzel said:
" @Snowy_Tabbert said:
"Lego has done a wonderful job.
I'm sorry but I need to rant / I need assistance. I'm on Reddit "discussing" about this amazing piece with a few people. A bunch of them have been thinking that the ORIGINAL painting in the museum is worth less than $300. Someone even said he bought it from the museum for $250. WTF? The only reasonable person (who claimed that it's worth MUCH MORE) has been downvoted heaps. I'm the only one supporting him and being downvoted as well. That's just ridiculous. If any of you could spare a minute PLEASE come and leave some fair comments. Thank you so much!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1uxcu9y/comment/oxqxvfd/?context=1&screen_view_count=12&sort=new "
I assumed everyone knew that Reddit was mostly populated by morons."
Depends on the subreddit. Reddit is less a cohesive website than a stack of forums in a trenchcoat; they vary wildly in quality.
I feel like if I were as clueless about art history as some of the commenters here, I'd be a little bit less shameless about it. Klimt is basically THE most iconic artist of the Vienna Secession movement, and "The Kiss" is by far his most famous and celebrated work. Perhaps take this announcement as an opportunity to read about his work and fill some of those gaping holes in your knowledge, instead of just proclaiming your own ignorance for everyone to see.
Granted, Klimt's work has always had plenty of critics. Of particular note, a lot of his works are now lost to us because they were condemned as "degenerate art" and a threat to German culture by the followers of another famous Austrian, and stolen and/or destroyed by the forces of that regime. So when you unleash vicious insults at artworks like this one, you'd do well to consider what artistic philosophy you're choosing to align yourself with.
Anyway, beautiful work by the set designers! Love how they've recreated the elaborate geometric motifs of the original painting, including with new recolors where necessary (such as FOUR new colors for the 1.4 x 1.4 saucer element) and metallic printed or lacquered parts for the original artwork's groundbreaking use of gold and silver leaf. The low-relief layered of the lovers' faces and hands also beautifully brings their intertwining forms into 3D space, allowing for more nuanced detail than a flat mosaic of geometric tiles might allow.
A great representation of the original but, for myself, I'll stick with Sunflower or Elvis for Lego art. Maybe once it's 50% off I'll be more tempted!
Absolutely stunning!
Guess I'm in the minority here as I just don't like it. While its better than the previous Monet attempt, this still looks like a kids fingerpainting version of the origional to me.
There is some interesting NPU here, but when the vast majority of pieces seem to be single studs and tiles, not sure that the value is that good...
@Aanchir said:
"I feel like if I were as clueless about art history as some of the commenters here, I'd be a little bit less shameless about it. Klimt is basically THE most iconic artist of the Vienna Secession movement, and "The Kiss" is by far his most famous and celebrated work. Perhaps take this announcement as an opportunity to read about his work and fill some of those gaping holes in your knowledge, instead of just proclaiming your own ignorance for everyone to see."
While I completely agree that shameless ignorance is quite embarrassing, I will say in gentle defence of those people that The Kiss is not necessarily a painting that has made the leap to absolutely iconic cultural status, in the way that Mona Lisa, Sunflowers, The Last Supper, The Persistence of Memory and certain others have.
Make no mistake, this is an extremely famous painting, but I can understand why somebody with zero awareness of art would be unfamiliar with this painting.
@Crux said:
"I love Klimt's work, and all jokes aside, I think this is a pretty good rendition of his work. That said, I don't think I'll be getting this. I already have a reproduction of "The Kiss" in my study, and I don't need a second one.
It's fine if you don't like this. Art is after all, subjective. But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy). Meanwhile, I'm struggling to think of a painter from the US who is quite as influential or as prolific.
I don't think ChatGPT counts, but I fear a lot of other people might."
Bob Ross. And ChatGPT can rot in the depths of hel.
One of the main reason I like Lego is because, to me, it is a learning tool. It teaches, amongst other, simple mathematics and spacial perception. As a bonus, it is really fun to use the medium for all sorts of thing. When Lego releases sets like 'Arts' or 'Botanicals' or 'Homage to famous people (mostly gwps)' or even NASA sets, I like it even more because you get to learn something you might not normally seek to learn on your own (and then, there are NZFlags reviews!). I've heard the painter's name and the painting name but now I can make the association and know a little bit of his story. This is not my style of art but very happy for those who feel something strong from it.
@Crux , @WizardOfOss , @UProbeck I was wondering who you might be talking about. So I did a search of the most famous Austrian painters and I got this list (in order): (1) Gustav Klimt, (2) Egon Shiele, (3) Oskar Kokoschka, (4) Angela Hitler, (5) Koloman Moser, (6) Hans Makart, (7) Peter Fendi, (8) Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, (9) Raul Hausmann and (10) Friedrich von Amerling.
I am not familiar with any of those (except Klimt). While I'm certainly familiar with the last name of 4 , I have never heard(seen) of anything from her. So, as it is, I still don't know who is more famous than Klimt but less successful than him.
@HOBBES said:
" @Crux , @WizardOfOss , @UProbeck I was wondering who you might be talking about. So I did a search of the most famous Austrian painters and I got this list (in order): (1) Gustav Klimt, (2) Egon Shiele, (3) Oskar Kokoschka, (4) Angela Hitler, (5) Koloman Moser, (6) Hans Makart, (7) Peter Fendi, (8) Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, (9) Raul Hausmann and (10) Friedrich von Amerling.
I am not familiar with any of those (except Klimt). While I'm certainly familiar with the last name of 4 , I have never heard(seen) of anything from her. So, as it is, I still don't know who is more famous than Klimt but less successful than him.
"
Well, you got the family name right there......not sure if the two are related though....
(EDIT: yes, she was his half-sister)
To be fair, he didn't get famous for his art, but rather for other......talents.
@HOBBES
They’re joking about Adolf Hitler, who wanted to be a painter in his youth, but is not famous for being a painter.
@Crux said:
"I love Klimt's work, and all jokes aside, I think this is a pretty good rendition of his work. That said, I don't think I'll be getting this. I already have a reproduction of "The Kiss" in my study, and I don't need a second one.
It's fine if you don't like this. Art is after all, subjective. But Klimt is probably the second-best known painter from Austria (and a lot more succesful at it than the other guy). Meanwhile, I'm struggling to think of a painter from the US who is quite as influential or as prolific.
I don't think ChatGPT counts, but I fear a lot of other people might."
What about the American who did the Dogs Playing Poker paintings?
@Hiratha said:
" @HOBBES
They’re joking about Adolf Hitler, who wanted to be a painter in his youth, but is not famous for being a painter."
I see, thanks. Normally I pick up those references but his 'work' is so awful that it overshadows anything ok-ish (I've seen his paintings and it's not all bad) he might have done by miles and miles.
The main benefit I can associate with this guy is: a lesson learned that we should never repeat ever again. And yet, here we are again with those ideologies spreading like wildfires.
@HOBBES said:
" @Hiratha said:
" @HOBBES
They’re joking about Adolf Hitler, who wanted to be a painter in his youth, but is not famous for being a painter."
I see, thanks. Normally I pick up those references but his 'work' is so awful that it overshadows anything ok-ish (I've seen his paintings and it's not all bad) he might have done by miles and miles.
The main benefit I can associate with this guy is: a lesson learned that we should never repeat ever again. And yet, here we are again with those ideologies spreading like wildfires. "
Personally feel the only worth his paintings have are, 1. a pretty good lesson on how not to do perspective (but not as fantastic as Hogarth’s Satire on False Perspective, which also has the benefit of doing it on purpose), and 2. to be mentioned in a pretty good episode of Justified.
@CapnRex101 said:
" @Aanchir said:
"I feel like if I were as clueless about art history as some of the commenters here, I'd be a little bit less shameless about it. Klimt is basically THE most iconic artist of the Vienna Secession movement, and "The Kiss" is by far his most famous and celebrated work. Perhaps take this announcement as an opportunity to read about his work and fill some of those gaping holes in your knowledge, instead of just proclaiming your own ignorance for everyone to see."
While I completely agree that shameless ignorance is quite embarrassing, I will say in gentle defence of those people that The Kiss is not necessarily a painting that has made the leap to absolutely iconic cultural status, in the way that Mona Lisa, Sunflowers, The Last Supper, The Persistence of Memory and certain others have.
Make no mistake, this is an extremely famous painting, but I can understand why somebody with zero awareness of art would be unfamiliar with this painting."
Yeah, it's fine not to know about it already (and even to admit to that). Even better to look them up to fill yourself in on that missing context, as @HibiscusDrive did prior to posting their comment. But straight-up boasting about your failure to recognize it, or comparing it to a pile of vomit (seriously?) is the sort of thing I'm surprised so many people will just post online for anyone to read, without the least bit of embarrassment.
I myself had never heard of a lot of football stadiums, footballers, F1 drivers, or motor vehicles before they showed up in LEGO sets, but I realize that it makes no sense to disparage such sets just because I'm not personally familiar with what they're based on. And frankly, there's not much of value I could add to a discussion of them without at least tabbing over to Wikipedia for a quick overview of who/what they're depicting!
More seriously re: American artists that are famous and influential, and leaving out the ones already covered by Lego Art:
Georgia O’Keeffe
Andy Warhol
James McNeill Whistler
Mary Cassatt
Edward Hopper
Jackson Pollack
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Norman Rockwell
Augusta Savage
Roy Lichtenstein
Cindy Sherman
Her mouth is quite clearly defined in the original artwork, but totally absent in the LEGO rendition. Couldn't they have made it with a red 1x2 plate sideways for example? That would have made it much better, I think.
Otherwise, this is quite well done.
@King_J said:
" @Snowy_Tabbert said:
"Lego has done a wonderful job.
I'm sorry but I need to rant / I need assistance. I'm on Reddit "discussing" about this amazing piece with a few people. A bunch of them have been thinking that the ORIGINAL painting in the museum is worth less than $300. Someone even said he bought it from the museum for $250. WTF? The only reasonable person (who claimed that it's worth MUCH MORE) has been downvoted heaps. I'm the only one supporting him and being downvoted as well. That's just ridiculous. If any of you could spare a minute PLEASE come and leave some fair comments. Thank you so much!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1uxcu9y/comment/oxqxvfd/?context=1&screen_view_count=12&sort=new "
I was with that guy. I told him not to spend so much on a painting but he haggled them down pretty far. Hard to pass up a museum piece at that price."
So you were the friend who was there and replied to my comment on Reddit. I can't believe there're even a few morons here liking your post. Art museums produce and sell REPLICA/REPRINT of their famous artworks which are worth millions. Were you even visiting Belvedere Museum properly or were you just browsing at their shop? "Hard to pass up a museum piece at that price" I could laugh at this for days. Only if I haven't lost a lot of Reddit Karma by standing up for the truth but being downvoted by lots of morons.
The ORIGINAL painting The Kiss is still being displayed at the museum. I'm going to post the screenshot of their painting reproduction page on Reddit (can't do it here unfortunately). I've even written to Belvedere Museum about this matter. It is defamation to them and to Lego. They would sort it out accordingly.
https://print.belvedere.at/en/
@Hiratha said:
" @HOBBES
They’re joking about Adolf Hitler, who wanted to be a painter in his youth, but is not famous for being a painter."
No one's joking here, I shouldn't think. One thing I took away from a previous thread was that a German contributor suggested that Hitler was the most famous German, and all I could think was "Fuck me, you thought that guy was from your country?".
All of this might sound trivial. Yes, he was a failed painter. Yes, he was from Austria. But to fudge the details is to unlearn the past.
I'm not saying that a vote for Klimt is a vote against Hitler, but maybe it'll prompt people to maybe do a fucking Google-search every now and then. And honestly: I didn't think I'd be able to spark this debate in the first place. I am very pleasantly surprised at tonight's proceedings, I don't mind telling you.
Yeah, sorry, I have to be one of those people.... I don't think I've heard of Klimt before; I may have heard of The Kiss, in passing, but never seen it. I recognized most of the previous LEGO Art sets. This one is wholly unfamiliar to me. I had to spend several minutes staring at the original just to figure out what the heck I was looking at, because honestly, at a glance, it looks like a potato decorated by someone's young child sitting in some mud. Even now, I'm still not entirely sure about the composition - why the yellow blob and the brown background? Why are they on a cliff? Or are they supposed to be lying in the dirt like the potato was?
I guess I'm too utilitarian to appreciate paintings, so I will never understand how certain artworks (and literary works) became "iconic" and famous, assuming it isn't just the art world sniffing too much of its own glue and deluding itself into what makes art "good" (recall the invisible sculpture from a few years back). I just know I despise modern and postmodern art, mainly for the culture it reflects (i.e., modern culture, in its depraved and decaying state), and especially the random shapes and swirls that serve no purpose other than to confuse the eye. The Kiss falls under this umbrella. I preferred when paintings looked like actual things. But, if you like this style of art, fair enough; that's your prerogative.
As for the LEGO set itself, judging on accuracy to source, it's very well done. The only issue I see is the woman's face is missing detail (particularly eyes and mouth) - maybe they could have done a few more printed pieces for those? Otherwise, it'll be a tedious build, but still: kudos to the designer. Impressive.
Personally I think Klimt is an interesting choice for Lego art, given that some of his other work would be a little too racy for Lego to reproduce.
They've captured the original artwork well, even though the original was pretty awful.
@Crux
Joking in the sense of an exchange with a humorous tone, rather than in the sense of things not being true, relevant or important.
@BLProductions
I suggest you look up the history of “degenerate art” and maybe reconsider writing of your personal taste, or thinking of it, in a way indistinguishable from such, because honestly that second paragraph… woof.
@fredrigl said:
"Her mouth is quite clearly defined in the original artwork, but totally absent in the LEGO rendition. Couldn't they have made it with a red 1x2 plate sideways for example? That would have made it much better, I think.
Otherwise, this is quite well done."
I agree; a vertical 1x2 red plate would have been better. And while at it, I would have picked flame yellowish orange for the woman's dress to distinguish it better from the man and his cape/garment - as it is on the original (the yellow seems to be the same but there are so many small lines that make er dress stand out).
@Aanchir said:
"Granted, Klimt's work has always had plenty of critics. Of particular note, a lot of his works are now lost to us because they were condemned as "degenerate art" and a threat to German culture by the followers of another famous Austrian, and stolen and/or destroyed by the forces of that regime. So when you unleash vicious insults at artworks like this one, you'd do well to consider what artistic philosophy you're choosing to align yourself with."
Two people can dislike something without being aligned as to why they dislike it. It is possible to dislike something for different reasons just like it is possible to like something for different reasons. Someone not liking Klimt's work does not mean they have the same artistic philosophy as Hitler.
If anyone is interested there is a movie "Woman in Gold" starring Ryan Reynolds about the painting of the same name. Gives a good history of Klimt paintings.
I love the set, and it will be a day 1 purchase for me. Guess I will have to rearrange my "art" gallery to fit this one in.
@King_J said:
"Beyond stoked. This is my wife's favorite painting, and we have a print hanging in our kitchen."
Does Queen_J know about this LEGO version? If not, you should surreptitiously replace your print with this one and see how long it takes her to notice! :~P
@Crux said:
" @Hiratha said:
" @HOBBES
They’re joking about Adolf Hitler, who wanted to be a painter in his youth, but is not famous for being a painter."
No one's joking here, I shouldn't think. One thing I took away from a previous thread was that a German contributor suggested that Hitler was the most famous German, and all I could think was "Fuck me, you thought that guy was from your country?". "
I guess you are thinking of one of my comments on the La Catrina article. But you apparently didn't get the irony, as I put "German" in quotation marks, referring to the very fact that lots of people across the world think Hitler was German when in fact he was Austrian. Then again, people like the current POTUS wouldn't know the difference anyway...
;-)
And as for the most famous American painters, like was hinted at by a different commenter, the above list by @Hiratha should definitely include Bob Ross. He may not be the one with the best quality of paintings, but he is undeniably one of the most famous (and prolific).
And as a side note, I have got an awesome Bob Ross minifig by a knockoff brand that even includes a Deadpool head as an inside joke.
@Hiratha said:
"More seriously re: American artists that are famous and influential, and leaving out the ones already covered by Lego Art:
Georgia O’Keeffe
Andy Warhol
James McNeill Whistler
Mary Cassatt
Edward Hopper
Jackson Pollack
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Norman Rockwell
Augusta Savage
Roy Lichtenstein
Cindy Sherman"
Thanks for that list. There's a long history of amazing European painters but there's been plenty of amazing and influential painters on this side of the Atlantic as well!
I would add Thomas Hart Benton, Mark Rothko, and Andrew Wyeth to the list.