Please provide a paragraph introducing Gustav Klimt (nationality, where and when he lived, inspiration, and historical background)

Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav
Klimt (1862-1918) was born in Baumgarten (near Vienna). The son of an
immigrant gold engraver from Bohemia, Klimt and his family lived in poverty when he was
a youth. Klimt earned a scholarship to the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts in 1876, and
while his early work proved to be mostly "academic," Klimt's talents soon emerged. He
was awarded the Golden Order of Merit from Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I in 1888, and
he became the leader of the Vienna Secession artistic group, developing a highly
personal style that included erotic themes that some called pornographic. Commissioned
to decorate the ceiling of the University of Vienna's Great Hall, Klimt's three
paintings were never displayed on the ceiling (eventually being destroyed by the Nazis
in 1945). Klimt's popularity surged at the turn of the century, and he became known
for his freqent use of gold leaf, and for his erotic, female nudes. Klimt was influenced
by many cultural styles, including Byzantine, Egyptian and Classical Greek. Following
his death, Klimt's work set records for its selling prices: His 1907
portrait, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, broke the previous record by a
Picasso painting when it sold for $135 million in 2006--the highest price ever paid for
a work of art. In all, his five highest-priced paintings sold for $327
million.