Hope II ☲ Klimt ☱ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black Monet began his garden at

Monet began his garden at Giverny in 1893

One was used to decorate his friend Paul Gauguin's bedroom

The influence of Japanese woodblock prints is evident from the limited range of colors and the butterfly signature

Cape Cod Evening (1939) by Edward Hopper depicts a woman and man in front of a Victorian house

Hope II ☲ Klimt ☱ Canvas Add a Float Frame:Black Monet began his garden atHope II (1908) by Gustav Klimt was the second of his works to focus on a pregnant woman, both depicting Herma, one of his favorite models. She is wearing a cloak decorated with a mosaic of circle and oval shapes, bowing her head towards her bare breasts and pregnant belly. A human skull appears behind her stomach, while at the foot of the painting three women also bow their heads, as if praying or mourning. This juxtaposition possibly represents the