Hope I (in German, Die Hoffnung I) is an oil painting created by Gustav Klimt in 1903. It is 189 cm x 67 cm and currently located in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. The main subject of this work is a pregnant, nude female. She is holding her hands together above her stomach and close to her chest. She gazes directly at the viewer and has a great mass of hair with a crown of forget-me-not flowers placed on her head.[1] The scene is beautiful upon first glance but once the viewer's eyes move to the background, deathlike figures become noticeably present.
- ^ Weidinger, Gustav Klimt, 280.