Mäda Primavesi by Gustav Klimt, 1912 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) France's first national park

France's first national park

Great Otway National Park

It is not merely a map

and along Norway’s serrated littoral the fjords and capes are attentively noted

when the islands were still an exotic outpost in the American imagination

Mäda Primavesi by Gustav Klimt, 1912 Size:12x16in (30x40cm) France's first national parkGustav Klimts Mda Primavesi (19032000), painted in 1912, is a luminous portrait of a young member of Viennas cultured elite at the height of the artists late style. A leading voice of the Vienna Secession, Klimt fused psychological presence with ornamental splendour; here, Mdas poised, unflinching gaze is set against a field of decorative florals and soft geometry that speak to the modern, forward looking spirit of early 20thcentury Vienna. The