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  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. Klimt's painting of the Jewish socialite not only rendered Adele’s irresistible beauty and sensuality; its intricate ornamentation and exotic motifs heralded the dawn of modernity and a culture intent on radically forging a new identity. The Woman in Gold remains permanently at the Neue Galerie.

  4. 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.

  5. Sep 20, 2016 · The exhibition includes portraits of other women, but Adele remains the most iconic. It is she, as a ‘woman in gold’, who anchors the works that represent the apex of Klimtsgolden...

  6. Dec 11, 2023 · Learn about the history and significance of Klimt's most famous portrait, also known as Woman in Gold or Lady in Gold. Discover how Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish socialite and art patron, became the muse of the Golden Phase and the subject of a legal battle.

  7. May 25, 2012 · Learn about the history and artistic quality of this famous painting of a woman in gold, commissioned by a wealthy sugar industrialist for his wife. Find out how it was seized by the Nazis, returned to the family, and sold for a record price.

  8. Learn about the "golden style" painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer, the only sitter that Klimt painted twice in full-length. See the oil, silver, and gold canvas, the preparatory sketches, and the history of the commission and the sitter.

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