Kisses For Gustav

Montblanc pays homage to Gustav Klimt, an early champion of the art nouveau and avant-garde movement, with its Masters of Art Homage writing instruments.

- Alvin Wong

“ALL ART,” DECLARED Gustav Klimt, “is erotic.” And it is easy to appreciate the Austrian painter’s sentiment when looking at The Kiss, arguably Klimt’s most famous artwork.

A heady creation depicting love and lust with swathes of gold, flowers, geometric shapes, and, of course, a couple sharing an intimate moment, The Kiss is a monumental artwork by one of the greatest decorative painters of the 20th century. It is safe to say that the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere museum in the Viennese Belvedere Palace who view the painting would be gripped by a sense of awe and desire.

And this year, Montblanc again puts itself up for the challenge of reimagining the greatest artworks of all time with its Masters of Art Homage to Gustav Klimt collection. Introduced in 2022 with the Masters of Art Homage to Vincent van Gogh collection, the series of exclusive writing instruments returns with artful interpretations of Klimt’s most renowned creations, including The Kiss.