Gustav Klimt’s Iconic Gold Paintings Recreated by Real Models The paintings Gustav Klimt produced during his “Golden Phase,” from 1899 through 1910, are among the most iconic — and the most relentlessly reproduced — works of art in history. This is the period that produced The Kiss, as well as Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (aka The Woman in Gold).In a series of photos for Vienna’s Life Ball, whi