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  1. Adele Bloch-Bauer (née Bauer; August 9, 1881 – January 24, 1925) was a Viennese socialite, salon hostess, and patron of the arts from Austria-Hungary. A Jewish woman, she is most well known for being the subject of two of artist Gustav Klimt 's paintings: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, and the fate of ...

  2. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is an oil painting on canvas, with gold leaf, by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907. The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a Viennese and Jewish banker and sugar producer. The painting was stolen by the Nazis in ...

  3. Sep 20, 2016 · Adele Bloch-Bauer was an avid art patron at the centre of Vienna’s cultural life. And when she sat for a portrait by Gustav Klimt, she was transformed into an icon, writes Kimberly Bradley.

  4. Sep 30, 2020 · Maria Altmann was the niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the subject of the famous Klimt portrait that inspired a 2015 movie. She fought for years to reclaim the painting and other artworks from the Austrian government after they were stolen by Nazis.

  5. Jun 23, 2021 · Learn about Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Viennese society woman and art lover who commissioned two famous portraits by Gustav Klimt. Discover her life story, her salon, her family restitution claims, and her legacy in the Jewish Women's Archive.

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  7. Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1903/1907) by Gustav Klimt Neue Galerie New York. Gustav Klimt’s 1907 "Adele Bloch-Bauer I" is his most famous portrait and the pinnacle of his “Golden Style.”....

  8. Jun 23, 2015 · Gustav Klimt's 1907 portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was seized by the Nazis. A film now tells the story of Adele's niece, who fought to recover her family's paintings more than a half century...

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