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Beech Grove I as a print, in a room
What the painting shows
Beech Grove I by Klimt is an oil on canvas landscape that fills your view with slender tree trunks and fallen autumn leaves. Painted in 1902, the composition removes the horizon line, showing only the forest floor and vertical trunks rising toward the top edge. The ground is a mosaic of copper, orange, brown, and cool blue daubs. Pale grey and blue-toned trunks stand in the foreground, while darker trees recede into the woods. In the lower right corner, Klimt added his signature in small red lettering.
The story behind it
Klimt completed Beech Grove I in 1902, measuring 100 by 100 cm. Records also refer to the work as Beech Forest I, Buchenwald I, Buchenhain, or Junger Buchenwald. It represents one of the distinctive landscapes he created in oil on canvas during this period. You can explore the full range of his work on our guide to every Klimt painting.
Where to see it
You can view the original Beech Grove I at the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden. The museum preserves the 1902 canvas as part of its permanent collection.
Choosing a print
Prints of Beech Grove I are printed and shipped by ArtsyWall in three formats: Premium Canvas, Framed Canvas and Archival Paper.
Premium Canvas presents the painting as an unframed gallery wrap, giving the dense pattern of trees a clean border on your wall. Framed Canvas places the canvas inside a floating wood frame, available in black, white, gold, silver, walnut, or oak. The warm walnut or oak frames complement the copper forest floor, while black sharpens the contrast of the trunks. Archival Paper renders the intricate brush marks and speckled leaves with a matte, fine-art finish.
Details of Beech Grove I
Questions about Beech Grove I
Where is Beech Grove I by Klimt?
Beech Grove I by Klimt is in the permanent collection of the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, Germany. Gustav Klimt painted this oil on canvas work in 1902, and the Dresden museum cares for the original painting today. Visitors can see the square forest composition in the museum's art galleries.
How big is Beech Grove I by Klimt?
Beech Grove I by Klimt measures exactly 100 centimeters high by 100 centimeters wide, forming an even square. Gustav Klimt completed the painting on canvas in 1902. This equal height and width allows the vertical beech tree trunks and scattered carpet of autumn leaves to fill the entire square space without a traditional landscape horizon.
