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Ernst Klimt (3 January 1864 inVienna – 9 December 1892 in Vienna) was an Austrianhistory painter and decorative painter. He was a younger brother of the better-known artistGustav Klimt.
He was the third of seven children born to the gold engraver, Ernst Klimt (1864–1892), originally fromBohemia, and was raised under very modest circumstances.
In 1877, aged only thirteen, he became a student at theUniversity of Applied Arts, where his older brother, Gustav, had been studying for a year. They were both students of the decorative painter and engraver,Ferdinand Laufberger, and would become his assistants on several projects. He also introduced them toHans Makart, who employed them for what is now known as the "Makart-Festzug [de]", celebrating the silver anniversary of EmperorFranz Joseph I and his wife,Elisabeth.
After Laufberger's death, in 1881 he, Gustav, and their friend from school,Franz Matsch, founded the "Künstler-Compagnie" and, two years later, opened their own studio. Among other things, their company created curtains and ceiling paintings for theaters inReichenberg,Karlsbad andFiume. They also produced ceiling paintings for theHermesvilla andfrescoes for the stairwell of the newBurgtheater. In 1890, they helped completepaintings in the staircase of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, which had been left unfinished by Makart, several years before. Ernst's largest solo commissions were atMondsee Castle andPeleș Castle in Romania.
In 1891, he married Helene Flöge (1871-1936), the sister of Gustav's friend,Emilie Flöge, and they had a daughter; also named Helene.
He died unexpectedly, from an inflammation of thepericardium. Gustav took care of his wife and daughter and completed his unfinished paintings. His company was officially dissolved, but Gustav maintained professional contact with Matsch until 1900. He was interred at theBaumgartner Friedhof [de], next to his father, who had died only a few months earlier.
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