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The Vienna of gold and the Secession: Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, the real couple behind "The Kiss," the most reproduced painting of love.

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The Vienna of gold and the Secession: Gustav Klimt and Emilie Flöge, the real couple behind "The Kiss," the most reproduced painting of love.

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Gustav Klimt & Emilie Flöge
Vienna · 1891–1918

Gustav Klimt & Emilie Flöge

The golden couple of "The Kiss"

The painter Gustav Klimt and the fashion designer Emilie Flöge, his companion of 27 years; they never married, but she is believed to be the woman embraced in "The Kiss," and he spoke her name with his dying breath.

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What are the great Austrian love stories?

Some of the greatest are Gustav Klimt & Emilie Flöge.

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