He formed a company with his younger brother Ernst, who worked diligently on this complex painting of street theater.
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| Hanswurst on the fair stage by Ernst and Gustav Klimt, 1884-92, 450 x 100 cm Burgtheater, Vienna |
It features a stock comic character called Hanswurst on the stage pointing to his forehead as the crowd looks on.
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| Ernst and Gustav Klimt, 1884-92. |
Ernst died in 1892 of an inflammation of the pericardium, leaving the painting unfinished, so Gustav finished it, adding a few more figures.
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