Gustav Klimt, Tod und Leben, 1915

And one by his protégé.

Egon Schiele, Girl with Green Pinafore

Dash Snow died 3 years ago today. 2007 New York Magazine profile. New York Times obituary. The infamous Polaroid gallery.

Chuck Close, Self Portrait, 1968

"The most distinguishing feature of the man was his Mohawk hairstyle, which was raised with the help of a "hair gel" of plant oil and pine resin, imported from south-western France or Spain. This may attest to trade between Ireland and southern Europe in the fourth and third centuries BC, before Roman influence was brought to bear on the Celts of Iberia and Galicia (Spain). This could also suggest that he was wealthy, as few others would have been able to buy imported cosmetics."

Philippe Halsman & Salvador Dalí , In Voluptas Mors, 1951

El Greco, View of Toledo, ~1600