Gustav Klimt painted The Kiss between 1907 and 1908 in Vienna. It became one of the most recognised paintings in the world almost overnight.
Klimt was considered provocative and even scandalous at the time. His works for the University of Vienna were rejected and called pornographic.
The Kiss was different. The Austrian government bought it before it was even finished.
Some say the man is Klimt, and the woman is Emilie Flögé, his lifelong companion.
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