the painting by gustav krimto the kiss is a combination of a picturesque decorative technique, the artisthe golden period of his work, the master began to widely use gold paint and real leaf gold leaf in his works, the researchers believe that the artist himself acted as a model for this picture, the image of a woman, his beloved emilia flögge, with which klimt was in a long relationship according to legend, it was her name that the artist pronounced before his death, he dies of a stroke, but there is another theory, the heroes of the work are a certain count and his lovers, who were supposed to merge into kisses, but for some reason this did not happen on the canvas. according to legend, the count gave klimt a medallion with a portrait of his beloved when the work was completed. the count liked the canvas, but he had only one question left. why the hero in the picture does not kiss klimt replied that this way the picture looks more intimate and desirable it is better to depict the moment before the sacred action, so that the plot always evokes emotions. in fact, according to one of the t