Scarf - Klimt The Kiss Faux Silk Square, 35.5 in

Klimt Kiss Scarf: Gold Leaf and a Lover's Embrace

This Klimt Kiss scarf wraps warm gold and amber patterns around a kneeling couple. Jewel-toned shapes decorate the robes, and a green meadow lies below. The satin finish makes the golds catch light, so it works as a Klimt art scarf with real presence.

Gustav Klimt painted The Kiss in 1907 and 1908. The oil painting uses real gold leaf and measures 180 cm on each side, a perfect square. This scarf is square too. The original hangs in the Belvedere in Vienna.

Product Details

• Material: Satin polyester faux silk
• Finish: Satin, printed on one side
• Edges: Stitched
• Size: 35.5 in x 35.5 in (90 x 90 cm)
• Product number: EV1025

Patterns with Meaning

Smarthistory notes that rectangles mark the man's robe. Circles and ovals mark the woman's. The decoration hides their bodies and forms halos around both heads. He wears a wreath of leaves. Her crown suggests stars.

Some gold circles rise off the canvas, much like tooled gold in medieval art. Klimt had seen Byzantine mosaics in Ravenna, and that shimmer shaped this gold leaf painting. Art historians place The Kiss painting within Symbolism.

A Klimt Kiss scarf brings gold into an ordinary day. Like the gold leaf painting that inspired it, the scarf glows. The Klimt art scarf keeps the painting's pattern of squares and circles. Seen up close, The Kiss painting is a field of glittering ornament.

Wearing and Displaying the Scarf

Drape it over one shoulder or tie it at the neck. The golds look richest against black or navy. Keep it out of direct sunlight to protect the printed colors.

Hang the Klimt Kiss scarf flat to see the whole square composition. Fans of the gold leaf painting enjoy the satin shimmer here. A Klimt art scarf looks rich against dark clothing. The Klimt Kiss scarf folds into a neat band. Anyone who has stood before The Kiss painting in Vienna will recognize the glow.

More Vienna Secession designs are in our Klimt, Mucha and Art Nouveau collection. For a matching accessory, see our tote bag collection.

Gustav Klimt and the Vienna Secession

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) trained as a decorative painter. In 1897 he became the first president of the Vienna Secession, a group that broke from academic tradition. His golden period blended naturalistic faces with flat, glittering ornament. The Kiss is its best known work.

For More Reading from the Web

• Look closely at the gold leaf, the patterned robes and the crowned couple. Gustav Klimt, The Kiss - Smarthistory