Talking about the application and development of gold leaf in art history, so far, the most influential one is the "Gold" series of Austria's greatest painter Gustav Klimt.

Klimt was born in an art house in Austria in the middle and late 19th century, especially his father was a gold carver. Such a good family art atmosphere makes Klimt an all-rounder, and there are many amazing realistic and abstract paintings in his works. However, the combination of realism and abstract expression without any sense of contradiction is an important reason why Klim's special envoy gold foil elements become popular, such as the realism part in "Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I" The face and hands are combined with geometric patterns.

In the era when Impressionism prevailed, Klimt assembled a group of like-minded people and established a "Secessionist" aimed at introducing excellent works of art from Europe and the world to Vienna. Klimt’s unique style has received many praises. The Secession not only won the support of the masses but also the official support. This also laid the foundation for Klimt’s series of "golden works" and provided an opportunity to make gold leaf paintings. As more people know.

In 1907, the golden kiss of "Kiss" can be regarded as the most famous work of Klimt's combination of gold leaf and art. From the perspective of the meaning and the content of the painting, the large area of "yellow pigment" on the painting is a technique used by Klimt to combine gold leaf and bronze paint. The spiral pattern on the clothes of the characters is decorated with gold leaf, which is full of tension. Of course, the dotted parts of the background of the picture are made of gold and silver inlaid with platinum pieces. At the same time, there are decorations with various copper and coral elements on the picture, making it not only a painting, but also a piece of craftsmanship. And highly ornamental artworks.

In Klimt's paintings, gold leaf is not just a "vase" for the decorative picture to set off the atmosphere. In "Danaë", gold leaf is used as a concrete object to symbolize the "golden rain" that Zeus has turned into. The story of Danae and the Golden Rain of Zeus, in the performance of many artists, is either too obscure or too direct. It seems that "Golden Rain" and "Sex" can only be chosen one. But under Klimt’s brush, there is neither the appearance of Zeus transformed into an eagle, nor the golden rain falling from the sky, but the gold leaf pouring from the legs of a woman with a blushing face and a happy expression. Down. Such an ingenious conception allowed the gold leaf not only to remain on the vulgar side of “wealthy wealth”, but to develop and inherit this new material and art. Klimt is not only an initiator, but also a promoter of gold leaf painting in European art history.