Gustav Klimt's style has grown increasingly experimental.…

Gustav Klimt's style has grown increasingly experimental.

Critics had roundly attacked his murals for Vienna University, commissioned by the State in 1894, for their fantastical imagery and their bold, decorative style.

Soon after he paints three allegorical murals for the ceiling of the University of Vienna auditorium that are violently criticized; the erotic symbolism and pessimism of these works create such a scandal that the murals are rejected.