Attersee
1900
Gustav Klimt is famous for his glittering golden portraits, but his landscapes offer a totally different vibe. Here, he captures the shimmering surface of Lake Attersee with thousands of tiny, rhythmic brushstrokes that look like a mosaic of turquoise and silver. Painted around 1900 during his summer vacations in Austria, these square canvases were often created while he was staying in a boathouse, peering out at the water. It's almost like looking at a pixelated photograph before pixels even existed, showing how Klimt was quietly pushing art toward abstraction long before his famous golden era took over the world.