the three ages of women gustav klimtThe Three Ages of Woman, a work by Gustav Klimt, an Austrian painter associated with the Symbolist movement and the Vienna Secession, depicts the progression of a woman's life through three distinct stages. The painting is divided into three parts, each illustrating a different age of womanhood: childhood, motherhood and old age. In the first part, a sleeping girl symbolises the innocence and purity of childhood. The second part depicts a mother