This museum art print is of one of the most famous paintings in the history of art arguably klimts most renowned work the kiss is an oil and gold leaf on canvas painted in 1907 8the painting is a portrayal of love and art the kiss depicts a couple embracing in a golden field of flowers entwined in elaborate robes decorated in a style influenced by art nouveau the theme of a pair of lovers united through a kiss was one that occupied klimt throughout his career the kiss was th