Gustav Klimt, "The Daughters", 1913

The masterpiece "The Daughters" by Gustav Klimt, housed in the National Gallery in Prague, is a hypnotic manifesto of femininity. Around a sleeping, innocent girl, the bodies of six women intertwine, symbolizing maturation and the awakening of sensuality. Klimt deliberately excludes men from the scene, seeing them as mere onlookers to a grand feminine mystery.

Each of the master's canvases is a riddle. The heroines' blanket is covered with flowers (a symbol of new life) and spirals, meaning eternity and fertility. This is Klimt in his late period: instead of the familiar gold leaf, the volume is built from a mosaic of deep blues, pinks, and purples that conceal the storm of future passion.

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