Water Serpents

These unusual paintings by Gustav Klimt are alluring and fascinating. It's like some characters in utopian world of Avatar in James Cameron blockbuster movie.

"Wasserschlangen II" had the sixth-highest price paid for a painting ($194.6 million).



It does not differ much from the preliminary drawings that Klimt used for reference, apart from the addition of the gold paint, and the green and gold-leaf thread entangled around the women's bodies. Sources:
https://www.gustav-klimt.com/Serpents.jsp