The Large Poplar II (Gathering Storm)
Gustav Klimt (1902/03)
In The Large Poplar II (Gathering Storm), a monumental poplar rises like a <strong>sentinel</strong> at the right edge while a low, rust-toned plain and tiny chapel anchor the horizon. Klimt devotes most of the square canvas to a <strong>charged, near-monochrome sky</strong>, making weather the protagonist and turning the tree’s flecked canopy into a shimmering, ominous <strong>mosaic</strong> <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
