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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 ...
Learn about the masterpiece of Gustav Klimt's Golden Style, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, and its historic provenance. Watch a video by Neue Galerie director Renée Price on the painting and its restitution to the heirs of the Jewish socialite.
Sep 30, 2020 · Learn how the Jewish refugee reclaimed the famous Klimt painting of her aunt from the Austrian government after the Nazis stole it. Discover her childhood, her escape from Austria, her business in America and her legal battle for the art.
Sep 20, 2016 · The painting later became an icon of justice – the 2015 film Woman in Gold is the Hollywood version of the tale of the painting’s confiscation from the Jewish Bloch-Bauer family during...
Mar 31, 2015 · An article on Tuesday about the Gustav Klimt painting “Adele Bloch-Bauer I,” which was looted by the Nazis and is a subject of the new film “Woman in Gold,” about the efforts of Ms. Bloch...
May 26, 2024 · Learn about the history and significance of the famous Lady in Gold, a portrait of a wealthy Viennese socialite by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt. Discover how the painting was commissioned, created, confiscated by the Nazis, and reclaimed by the heirs of the Bloch-Bauer family.
May 25, 2012 · A famous painting of a woman in gold, commissioned by a wealthy sugar industrialist for his wife. Learn about the scandalous history of this artwork, from its creation in 1907 to its auction in 2006.
