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Hygieia by Gustav Klimt Stretched Canvas brings one of the most striking surviving color details from Klimt’s lost Medicine faculty painting into your home as museum-quality canvas wall art. The figure of Hygieia, goddess of health, stands front-facing with a serpent and bowl, framed by deep red, gold, black, and ornamental pattern.
This ready-to-hang canvas suits bedrooms, hallways, studies, reception areas, dressing spaces, wellness rooms, and interiors that need a strong vertical artwork with symbolic depth. Explore more curated pieces in our Wall Art collection, browse more ready-to-hang formats in our Canvas Paintings collection, or see more works in our Gustav Klimt collection.
Hygieia is the famous figure from Klimt’s Medicine, one of the University of Vienna Faculty Paintings. The larger work was created for the University of Vienna but became controversial because it did not present medicine as a simple triumph of healing. Instead, Klimt showed life, illness, fate, death, and human vulnerability in a powerful symbolic composition.
In the lower part of Medicine, Hygieia faces the viewer. She holds a bowl while a serpent coils near her arm. The serpent and bowl connect the figure to healing, medicine, and ancient myth. Her red robe, gold detail, strong gaze, and dense ornament make this detail one of the most visually memorable parts of the lost painting.
The original Medicine faculty painting was destroyed in 1945, together with Klimt’s Philosophy and Jurisprudence. This makes the surviving photographs, sketches, and color records especially important today.
The Hygieia detail is known through a color collotype from the 1931 portfolio Gustav Klimt. A Review. That surviving color source is why this figure remains one of the most recognizable details from Klimt’s lost University of Vienna cycle.
Size Inches Centimeters Best For Small 11″ × 14″ 27.94 × 35.56 cm Compact walls, narrow hallways, small home offices, and intimate accents. Medium 12″ × 16″ 30.48 × 40.64 cm Bedrooms, reading corners, sideboard displays, and vertical gallery walls. Large 18″ × 24″ 45.72 × 60.96 cm Living rooms, studies, entrance areas, and refined Klimt displays. Extra Large 20″ × 30″ 50.80 × 76.20 cm Above consoles, dining areas, office walls, and elegant lounge spaces. XL 24″ × 32″ 60.96 × 81.28 cm Feature walls, boutique hotels, reception areas, and statement interiors. XXL 30″ × 40″ 76.20 × 101.60 cm Lofts, large living rooms, boardrooms, and tall wall displays. Gallery 32″ × 48″ 81.28 × 121.92 cm Gallery-style displays, hotel lobbies, staircases, and dramatic vertical walls. Statement 36″ × 48″ 91.44 × 121.92 cm Grand staircases, open-plan interiors, signature feature walls, and collector rooms.
This canvas has a strong vertical presence. The frontal figure, red robe, golden details, serpent, and dark ornamental background create an immediate focal point without needing a large gallery wall.
It works especially well beside bookshelves, between windows, above console tables, in hallways, and in rooms with warm lighting. The red, gold, black, and muted skin tones pair naturally with dark wood, brass, stone, cream walls, velvet, and warm neutral interiors.
This artwork is a strong choice for buyers who like Gustav Klimt, Vienna Secession design, Art Nouveau ornament, mythological figures, symbolic women, medical symbolism, and dramatic vertical wall art.
The image carries more than decorative value. It connects to one of Klimt’s most controversial public commissions, the lost University of Vienna ceiling paintings, and the wider tension between science, fate, health, and mortality in early modern Vienna.
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Gustav Klimt was one of the leading artists of Viennese Art Nouveau and a central figure in the development of modern decorative painting in Vienna. His work is known for powerful female figures, ornamental surfaces, symbolic themes, gold detail, and a bold break from academic convention.
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Hang your canvas using the included back hardware. Keep it away from prolonged direct sunlight and high humidity. Dust gently with a soft, dry or slightly damp cloth. Do not use abrasive cleaners or rough materials.
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