Art

Hey I get using gpt as a search engine. Thats OK.

leading figure of the Vienna Secession

Yes he didn't not historically fall into the impressionist period. His use of material like fold leaf is very anti impressionist too.

Different Core Objectives

I find the objectives to be muddled in individual pieces. Although an acceptable claim in the general sense.

His work is fundamentally design-driven, not perception-driven.

But can still achieve the same goal often. Despite having no interest or directly referencomg or learning from impressionists.

Use of Ornament and Abstraction

Use of Ornament and Abstraction

Yeah I got nothing there. Except maybe that it was not all that Klimt did. As this post shows.

Subject Matter Differences

Again this post shows a similar pattern.

Honestly this is correct. But the way our brains process it can create a link bw the two.

There are moments where Klimt’s colors soften and his edges blur, and one can feel a distant family resemblance to Impressionist atmospherics.

This just shows how many directions modernism was branching at once.

(I am mostly playing devils advocate here, he's not really an impressionist painter)