| Alt: | See adjacent text. |
| L'Arbre de Vie, Stoclet Frieze | |
| Other Language 1: | English |
| Other Title 1: | The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze |
| Artist: | Gustav Klimt |
| Year: | 1909 |
| Medium: | Oil on canvas |
| Height Metric: | 195 |
| Width Metric: | 102 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Vienna, Austria |
| Museum: | Museum of Applied Arts |
The Tree of Life, Stoclet Frieze (French: L'Arbre de Vie, Stoclet Frieze) is a painting by the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. It was completed in 1909 and is based on the Art Nouveau (Modern) style in a symbolic painting genre. The dimensions of the painting are 195cmby102cmcm (77inchesby40inchescm),[1] and it is housed at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria.[2]
The painting is a study for a series of three mosaics created by Klimt for a 1905-1911 commissioned work at the Palais Stoclet in Brussels, Belgium. The mosaics were created in the artist's Late Works period and depict swirling Trees of Life, a standing female figure, and an embracing couple. The mosaics are spread across three walls of the Palais' dining room, along with two figural sections set opposite each other.[3]
The iconic painting later inspired the external facade of the "New Residence Hall" (also called the "Tree House"), a colorful 21-story student residence hall at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts.[4]