They were also forced to relinquish any claims on Buchenwald and Schloss Kammer am Attersee III. [88] In November 2006 the remaining four Klimt paintings were sold at Christie's auction house. [50] [58] His sugar factory was confiscated and turned over to the state, and went through a process of Aryanisation as Jewish shareholders and managers were replaced. [102], "Woman in Gold" redirects here. Ferdinand died in 1946; his will stated that his estate should go to his nephew and two nieces. [28] Whitford identifies influences of the art of the Byzantine, Egypt, Mycenae and Greece, describing that "the gold is like that in Byzantine mosaics; the eyes on the dress are Egyptian, the repeated coils and whorls Mycenaean, while other decorative devices, based on the initial letters of the sitter's name, are vaguely Greek". [22] Much of the portrait was undertaken by an elaborate technique of using gold and silver leaf and then adding decorative motifs in bas-relief using gesso, a paint mixture consisting of a binder mixed with chalk or gypsum. [12][13][n 1] Klimt had begun using gold in his 1890 portrait of the pianist Joseph Pembauer,[16] but his first work that included a golden theme was Pallas Athene (1898). [23], Adele's parents arranged a marriage with Ferdinand Bloch, a banker and sugar manufacturer; Adele's older sister had previously married Ferdinand's older brother. P170 - Stoclet Frieze - … On 19 January 1923 Adele Bloch-Bauer wrote a will. Dollar. 2006 wurde es zu einem kolportierten Rekordpreis von 135 Millionen Dollar (106,7 Mio. Set udefra må det siges, at den østrigske stat har handlet ret storladent, selv om der er gjort meget for at forhale sagen om de to Adele-billeder og tre andre af Gustav Klimt. The painting has been on display at the location since. [n 7] Several other Nazi leaders, including Hermann Göring, the Commander-in-Chief of the Luftwaffe, also obtained works from the collection. His assets were frozen and, in May 1938, a seizure order was issued that allowed the state to dispose of his property as they felt fit. In 1910 he obtained. 2 3. 135 Millionen Dollar für ein Klimt-Bild. [72][76][n 11] In June 2004 the Supreme Court determined that the paintings had been stolen and that Austria was not immune from a claim from Altmann; the court made no comment on the current ownership of the paintings. [35] In 1936 Ferdinand gave Schloss Kammer am Attersee III to the Ãsterreichische Galerie Belvedere; he later acquired a further Klimt painting, the Portrait of Amalie Zuckerkandl (1917â1918). The artist Catherine Dean considered that Adele was "the only society lady painted by Klimt who is known definitely to be his mistress",[21] while the journalist Melissa Müller and the academic Monica Tatzkow write that "no evidence has ever been produced that their relationship was more than a friendship". [60][68] Hubertus Czernin, the Austrian investigative journalist, undertook extensive research in the newly opened archives and published a story about the theft of art by the Nazis; with the subsequent refusal of the Austrian state to return the art or to acknowledge a theft had taken place, Czernin described the situation as "a double crime". a request rather than a binding testament. [3][4], Klimt worked in Vienna during the Belle Ãpoque, during which time the city made "an extreme and lasting contribution to the history of modern art". 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Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. The most expensive works of art include Peter Paul Ruben’s “Massacre of the Innocents” (painting) worth about $ 76,700,000, “For the love of God” by Damian Hirst (sculpture), worth about $ 75,000,000, and the paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s’ Bal au moulin de la Galette ‘, Jasper John’s’ False Start’, Gustav Klimt… For the Blues Pills album, see, There is no agreed view on the dates of the golden period, although the art historian Elizabeth Clegg, writing in, Guests at the salon included the composers, Ferdinand later purchased other works by Klimt. The art historian Gilles Néret considers that the use of gold in the painting "underlines the essential erotic ingredient in ... [Klimt's] view of the world". 2010 gingen zwei weitere restituierte Klimt-Werke über den Auktionstisch. Ferdinand gave her Adele's jewelled choker as a wedding present. [82] The paintings were exported from Austria in March 2006 and exhibited together at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from April to June that year. The committee turned down the request, again citing Adele's will as the reason they were retaining the works. [1] He attended the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts (German: Kunstgewerbeschule Wien) before taking on commissions with his brother, Ernst, and a fellow-student Franz von Matsch from 1879. [30][n 3], In mid-1903 Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Klimt to paint a portrait of his wife; he wished to give the piece to Adele's parents as an anniversary present that October. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a painting by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907. The portrait shows Adele Bloch-Bauer sitting on a golden throne or chair, in front of a golden starry background. Und tatsächlich hatte âWoman in Goldâ heuer anlässlich der Berlinale mit Helen Mirren in der Rolle von Maria Altmann Premiere. Just fill in the form below and tell us the name of … Das Porträt von âAdele Bloch-Bauer IIâ erzielte knapp 89Mio. Maria Altmann was born Maria Victoria Bloch on February 18, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the daughter of Marie Therese (née Bauer 1874–1961) and Gustav Bloch (1862–1938). So erlangte die âGoldene Adeleâ â nomen est omen â Weltruhm. After a seven-year legal claim, which included a hearing in front of the Supreme Court of the United States, an arbitration committee in Vienna agreed that the painting, and others, had been stolen from the family and that it should be returned to Altmann. [20] Opinion is divided on whether Adele and Klimt had an affair. [40] Klimt finished the work by 1907. [56] In 1937 the golden portrait of Adele was lent for display at the Paris Exposition. After the collection was catalogued, Adolf Hitler used the Führervorbehalt [de] decree to obtain part of the collection at a reduced price. [30][33] She wears a tight golden dress in a triangular shape, made up of rectilinear forms. Adele died in 1925; her will asked that the artworks by Klimt were to be left to the Galerie Belvedere, although these belonged to Ferdinand, not her. Early life. Ferdinand also had a passion for neoclassical porcelain, and by 1934 his collection was over 400 pieces and one of the finest in the world. [95] The book was dramatised for the stage in January 2015. The committee's decision recommended that 16 Klimt drawings and 19 pieces of porcelain that had been held by Ferdinand and Adele and which were still at the Galerie Belvedere should be returned, as they fell outside the request of the will. [59][66], In 1998 the Austrian government introduced the Art Restitution Act,[n 8] which looked again at the question of art stolen by the Nazis. Klimt received the commission in 1903 but did not complete the painting until 1907, when it was presented in Mannheim that same year. Das könnte dem Gemälde und damit Gustav Klimt zu noch breiterer Berühmtheit verhelfen. Adele Younghusband: The New Zealand Artist That Typified Kiwi Resilience 2020-06-30 / 3 minutes read We continue to explore women’s art, this time in New Zealand: a place with emerald green valleys, where the past coexists with the present in harmony, and where women, in their essence, demand equality without nonsensical resistance. [19] In the late 1890s Adele met Klimt, and may have begun a relationship with him. Dieser Preis stellt selbst Picassos in den Schatten. [22] Whitford observes that some of the preliminary sketches that Klimt made for The Kiss showed a bearded figure which was possibly a self-portrait; the female partner is described by Whitford as an "idealised portrait of Adele". Teil dieser Ausstellung sind auch zwei Studien zur âGoldenen Adeleâ, die Lauder erst im März bei den Wiener Händlern Wienerroither & Kohlbacher auf der Kunstmesse Tefaf in Maastricht erstanden hat. Around her neck is the same jewelled choker Klimt included in the Judith painting. One of Ferdinand's nieces, Maria Altmann, hired the lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg to make a claim against the gallery for the return of five works by Klimt. Her father was a director of the Wiener Bankverein [de], the seventh largest bank in Austria-Hungary, and the general director of Oriental Railroads. Gustav Klimt hat Adele Bloch-Bauer mehrfach gemalt. Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II (1912)went under the hammer at Christie’s New York and sold for $87,936,000 14 April 2008 Francis Bacon’s Triptych (1976) sold … Euro eingeschŠtzt - Keine Auswirkungen auf Fall "Wally" = Without reference to a date of commission, Partsch considers that some initial sketches were undertaken in 1900. The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941, along with the remainder of Ferdinand's assets, after a charge of tax evasion was made against him. LONG AUTOMATIC MAGIC MINI. The posters said "Ciao Adele", advertising the last opportunity before the painting left the country and long queues formed around the block. [n 9] The government formed a restitution committee to report on which works should be returned; government archives were opened up to research into the provenance of works held by the government. Das Porträt von Adele Bloch-Bauer geht an einen Kosmetik-Erben. [86] Lauder placed the work in the Neue Galerie, the New York-based gallery he co-founded. Eine der beiden Skizzen ist das Schlüsselblatt, das letztlich der entscheidende Entwurf für das weltberühmte Gemälde gewesen sein dürfte. Klimt: Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Adele Bloch-Bauer II, Apfel-baumI,Birkenwald(Buchenwald)undHäuserinUnterach am Attersee, die ursprünglich im Eigentum Ferdinand Bloch-Bauers2 standen und im Zeitraum zwischen 1938 und 1948 in den Besitz der Republik gelangten. Die Neue Galerie in New York zeigt eine Ausstellung dazu. Using the records produced by Führer, he traced most of the works to the Galerie Belvedere, and Häuser in Unterach, to Führer's own private collection. The Act granted immunity to sovereign nations except under certain conditions. She sold it the same year for $135 million, at the time a record price for a painting to the businessman and art collector Ronald Lauder, who placed the work in the Neue Galerie, the New York-based gallery he co-founded. Es verwies Pablo Picassos âJunge mit Pfeifeâ, das damals bei einer Auktion erstmals die Grenze von 100 Millionen Dollar knackte, auf die Plätze. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a painting by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907.The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer [], a Jewish banker and sugar producer.The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941 and displayed at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. [35] In December 1903, along with fellow artist Maximilian Lenz, Klimt visited the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna where he studied the early-Christian Byzantine gold mosaics of Justinian I and his wife, Empress Theodora. Der einzigartige Journalismus der Presse. [5][6] During the 1890s he was influenced by European avant-garde art, including the works of the painters Fernand Khnopff, Jan Toorop and Aubrey Beardsley. Ferdinand's brother Gustav, a lawyer by training, helped her frame the document and was named as the executor. Klimt-Reaktionen - Museumsdirektoren fŸr RŸckkauf der Goldenen Adele Utl. [64], In August 1945 Ferdinand wrote a final will that revoked all previous ones. [7] Klimt in particular challenged what he saw as the "hypocritical boundaries of respectability set by Viennese society";[8] according to the art historian Susanna Partsch, he was "the enfant terrible of the Viennese art scene, [and] was acknowledged to be the painter of beautiful women". Three arbitrators formed the panel, Andreas Nödl, Walter Rechberger and Peter Rummel. Although there were calls from some Austrians for the state to purchase the five paintings, the government stated that the price would be too high to justify the expense. Sie muss also schön gewesen sein, denn von Judith heisst es in der Bi-bel, sie hätte «eine schöne Gestalt und ein blühendes Aussehen.» 1 Zwei weitere Male hat Klimt sie als Adele selbst gemalt. [31] Adele was the model for the work,[32] and wore a heavily-jewelled deep choker given to her by Ferdinand, in what Whitford describes as "Klimt's most erotic painting". [59], In 1946 the Austrian state issued an Annulment Act that declared all transactions motivated by Nazi discrimination were void; any Jews who wanted to remove artwork from Austria were forced to give some of their works to Austrian museums in order to obtain an export permit for others. It made no reference to the pictures, which he thought had been lost forever, but it stated that his entire estate was left to his nephew and two niecesâone of whom was Maria Altmann. [63], In December 1941 Führer transferred the paintings Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and Apfelbaum I to the Galerie Belvedere in return for Schloss Kammer am Attersee III, which he then sold to Gustav Ucicky, an illegitimate son of Klimt. Pfund. [91] The painting's history is described in the 2012 book The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer, by the journalist Anne-Marie O'Connor. Der Film und die Ausstellung könnten das Niveau erneut steigern. Schoenberg showed that three of the conditions pertinent to the case were that Altmann's property had been taken in violation of international law; the property was owned by the state in question, or one of its agencies; and that the property had been used on a commercial basis in the US. [80][81][n 13], After the panel's decision was announced, the Galerie Belvedere ran a series of advertisements that appeared in bus stops and on underground railway platforms. Doch sie kann nicht vergessen, dass die Nazis in den 1940ern das Porträt ihrer geliebten Tante Adele entwendet haben. It was the first of two depictions of Adele by Klimtâthe second was completed in 1912; these were two of several works by the artist that the family owned. [37] Klimt later said that the "mosaics of unbelievable splendour" were a "revelation" to him. Altmann. In 1912 Ferdinand commissioned a second painting of his wife,[22] in which "the erotic charge of the likeness of 1907 has been spent", according to Whitford. Wenn am 8. Klimt Die Frau In Gold Klimts Unknown Portraits Youd Never Guess Were His. [2] Over the next decade, alongside several private commissions for portraiture, they painted interior murals and ceilings in large public buildings, including the Burgtheater, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the ceiling of the Great Hall at the University of Vienna. [37], Klimt undertook more extensive preparations for the portrait than any other piece he worked on. Adele Bloch-Bauer II was the spouse of a wealthy industrialist. Her husband was known as a patron of the arts and supported Klimt's work. [3] In 1897 he was a founding member and president of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists who wanted to break with what they saw as the prevailing conservatism of the Viennese Künstlerhaus. Gustav Klimt was born in 1862 in Baumgarten, near Vienna in Austria-Hungary. cuckoldry". Several works were returned to the Bloch-Bauer estate, but no Klimt paintings; to obtain the necessary export permits, the family were forced to let the Austrian state retain Häuser in Unterach am Attersee, Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Adele Bloch-Bauer II, and Apfelbaum I. That autumn, following the Munich Agreement, he realised he was not safe and left for Paris. [88][90], The history of the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and the other paintings taken from the Bloch-Bauers has been recounted in three documentary films, Stealing Klimt (2007), The Rape of Europa (2007) and Adele's Wish (2008). Sign in with your Netflix account to watch instantly on the web at netflix.com from your personal computer or on any internet-connected device that offers the Netflix app, including smart TVs, smartphones, tablets, streaming media players and … Abseits des Medienrummels zeigt Ronald Lauder anlässlich der Verfilmung in der von ihm gegründeten Neuen Galerie in New York eine Ausstellung zur Geschichte der âGoldenen Adeleâ: âGustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer: The Woman in Goldâ. [33][34][n 4] The Bloch-Bauers purchased some of the sketches he had made of Adele when they obtained 16 Klimt drawings. He added that Ferdinand had said he would honour the clause, even though he, not Adele, was the legal owner of the paintings. [11], From 1898 Klimt began to experiment with the style in what became known as his Byzantine or Golden period, when his works, stylistically influenced by Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts movement, were gilded with gold leaf. [43][87][88], Michael Kimmelman, the chief art critic for the New York Times, was critical of the sale, and wrote that "A story about justice and redemption after the Holocaust has devolved into yet another tale of the crazy, intoxicating art market. Neben âAdele Bloch-Bauer Iâ wurden die vier verbleibenden Werke aus dem Belvedere im Auktionshaus Christie's versteigert. Many of the critics had negative reactions to the two paintings, describing them as "mosaic-like wall-grotesqueries", "bizarre", "absurdities" and "vulgarities". [93] The story of Adele Bloch-Bauer and Maria Altmann formed the basis for the 2017 novel Stolen Beauty by Laurie Lico Albanese. âKirche in Cassoneâ wurde von Sotheby's mit 26,9 Mio. The five paintings include three landscapes and two portraits of her aunt, including "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I," one of the artist's celebrated "gold paintings," adorned with metallic paint. [39][44] O'Connor writes that the painting "seem[s] to embody femininity", and thus likens it to the Mona Lisa,[40] while for Müller and Tatzkow, the gold gives the effect that Adele appears "melancholy and vulnerable, unapproachably aloof and yet rapt". Zweimal stand sie Modell für die Judith aus der Bibel. Das Porträt von „Adele Bloch-Bauer II“ erzielte knapp 89Mio. Der Name ist Programm: Der Film "Woman in Gold" verschafft der "Goldenen Adele" von Klimt noch gröÃere Berühmtheit. [96] In 2015 Altmann's story was dramatised for the film Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren as Maria and Ryan Reynolds as Schoenberg. Marke Prettystern. [97], Altmann died in February 2011, aged 94. ")[52][53], In February 1925 Adele died of meningitis. Gustav Klimt And Adele Bloch Bauer The Woman In Gold Neue Galerie Ny. Dollar, die restlichen drei Klimts insgesamt 104 Mio. Goebel 66884362 Coffee Cup with Design The Kiss by Gustav Klimt: Goebel 66884362 Coffee Cup with Design The Kiss by Gustav ... Goebel 66884370 Coffee Mug with Adele Bloch-Bauer Design by Gustav Klimt 5.0 out of 5 stars 3. Die bewegende Raubkunstgeschichte über den Kampf von Bloch-Bauers Erbin Maria Altmann um die Rückgabe des Werkes ist das Material, aus dem Filme gemacht sind. From this comes the resplendence, the stiff decoration of his art". [41], After exhibition at the Kunstschau, the portrait was hung at the Bloch-Bauers' Vienna residence. [36][37][35] Lenz later wrote that "the mosaics made an immense decisive impression on ... [Klimt]. Der Wert liegt im zweistelligen Millionenbereich. [69], Altmann, then living in the US, hired E. Randol Schoenberg to act on her behalf. Der kol-portierte Wert der Bilder von E 145 Mio und ihre hervor- Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a painting by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907.The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer (de), a Jewish banker and sugar producer. [17] Néret also states that Klimt used the gold to give subjects a sacred or magical quality. For the 2015 British film, see, "Lady in Gold" redirects here. [59][60], As part of the process to deal with the purported tax evasion, the Nazi lawyer Friedrich Führer was appointed as the administrator of the estate. [59][71], In March 2000 Altmann filed a civil claim against the Austrian government for the return of the paintings. Auf dem Kunstmarkt hat die âGoldene Adeleâ den Wert Klimts mit einem Schlag in höhere Sphären katapultiert. Die Ausstellung, die Anfang April eröffnet hat und bis 7. Are you looking for an art reproduction? This breaktaking art nouveau print will … [29][30], In 1901 Klimt painted Judith and the Head of Holofernes; the art historian Gottfried Fliedl observes that the painting is "widely known and interpreted as Salome". £29.38. For example, our replica oil painting of Klimt's Adele Bloch Bauer I is available to purchase right now, 91cm x 91cm. Weitere Ideen zu gustav klimt, klimt, porzellan tasse. [35] The unnamed reviewer from the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung described the painting as "an idol in a golden shrine",[40] while the critic Eduard Pötzl described the work as "mehr Blech als Bloch" ("more brass than Bloch"). This "golden style" depiction of Adele Bloch-Bauer is arguably Klimt's most famous portrait. Das Bild «Adele Bloch- It is very meaningful to me that they are seen by anybody who wants to see them, because that would have been the wish of my aunt. [33] For Whitford the effect of the gold background is to "remove Adele Bloch-Bauer from the earthly plane, transform the flesh and blood into an apparition from a dream of sensuality and self-indulgence"; he, and Thomson, consider the work to look more like a religious icon than a secular portrait. [74][75] Over four years of litigation followed as to whether the case could be brought against a sovereign state before it was brought before the Supreme Court in Republic of Austria v. [39][n 6] According to the art historian Tobias G. Natter, some critics disapproved of the loss of the sitter's individuality, while others "accused Klimt of endangering the autonomy of art". [35], In December 1937 Gustav's daughterâand Ferdinand's nieceâMaria, married the young opera singer Fritz Altman. All went to private collections. Portretul Adelei Bloch-Bauer I (pronunție: /prɪːmul portret al adeleɪ blɔːh bauər/; în engleză: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, The Lady in Gold sau The Woman in Gold; cunoscut în română și ca „Doamna în Aur” sau „Femeia în Aur”) este un tablou pictat de Gustav Klimt între anii 1903 și 1907. Ãberall. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a painting by Gustav Klimt, completed between 1903 and 1907.The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer [], a Jewish banker and sugar producer.The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941 and displayed at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere The Austrian government filed for dismissal, with arguments based on the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (1976). In his absence the Nazi regime falsely accused him of evading taxes of 1.4 million Reichsmarks. The painting was stolen by the Nazis in 1941 and displayed at the Ãsterreichische Galerie Belvedere. [9] By 1900 he was the preferred portrait painter of the wives of the largely Jewish Viennese bourgeoisie,[3][10] an emerging class of self-made industrialists who were "buying the innovative new art that state museums rejected", according to the journalist Anne-Marie O'Connor. [n 12] Schoenberg gave evidence before them in September 2005 and, in January 2006, they delivered their judgement. [59][60] The Bloch-Bauer family hired Dr Gustav Rinesh, a Viennese lawyer, to reclaim stolen artwork on their behalf. In September the following year, he moved to neutral Switzerland where he lived in a hotel. 160cm long silk scarf painting art print Gustav Klimt silk - many motifs. Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer has been referred to as the final and most fully representative work of his golden phase. [27][n 2], The couple shared a love of art, and patronised several artists, collecting primarily nineteenth-century Viennese paintings and modern sculpture. Staats-Gallerie in Wien, die mir gehörende Wiener und Jungfer. The lawyer acting on behalf of the German state gave the portrait to the Galerie Belvedere, claiming he was following the wishes Adele had made in her will. [41], In 1908 the portrait was exhibited at the Kunstschau in Vienna where critical reaction was mixed. [28] Klimt drew over a hundred preparatory sketches for the portrait between 1903 and 1904. Eileen Kinsella, the editor of ARTnews, considered the high price was due to several factors, particularly the painting's provenance, the increasing demand for Austrian Expressionism, rising prices in the art world and "Lauder's passion for and pursuit of this particular work". So setzt sie sich den Gedanken in den … [54] The painting was lent for an exhibition at the Vienna Secession in 1928 to mark the tenth anniversary of Klimt's death; in 1934 it was displayed in London as part of the Austria in London exhibition. Das Bildnis der "Adele Bloch-Bauer I", auch "Goldene Adele" genannt, ist ein Gemälde des Malers Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). [22], Both the current holder of the portraitâthe Neue Galerie New Yorkâand the art historian Elana Shapira describe how the background and gown contain symbols suggestive of erotica, including triangles, eggs, shapes of eyes and almonds. "[85] In June 2006 the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I was sold to Ronald Lauder for $135 million, at the time a record price for a painting. [3], Adele's hair, face, décolletage and hands are painted in oil; they make up less than a twelfth of the work and, in Whitford's opinion, convey little about the sitter's character. The portrait was commissioned by the sitter's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer [de], a Jewish banker and sugar producer. [94] The portrait is featured in the memoir of Gregor Collins, The Accidental Caregiver, about his relationship with Maria Altmann, published in August 2012. Pfund zugeschlagen, das âPorträt Ria Munk IIâ bei Christie's mit 18,8 Mio. [59][60] To remove all reference to its Jewish subject matter, the gallery renamed the portrait with the German title Dame in Gold (translates as Lady in Gold). [100][101] He subsequently specialised in the restitution of artwork plundered by the Nazis. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objet d'art.Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Whitford writes that the only evidence put forward to support the theory is the position of the woman's right hand, as Adele had a disfigured finger following a childhood accident. This painting is unique among Klimt's portraits because she is the only subject he chose to paint twice. Dollar, die restlichen drei Klimts insgesamt 104 Mio. The creation of the Bloch-Bauer collection was a joint enterprise, and Ferdinand Bloch- Bauer also felt a personal attachment to the Klimt paintings. [41], The painting measures 138 by 138 cm (54 by 54 in);[42][n 5] it is composed of oil paint and silver and gold leaf on canvas. His Viennese residence became an office of Deutsche Reichsbahn, the German railway company, while his castle in Czechoslovakia was taken after the German occupation as the personal residence of the SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. magnate Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, whose wife, Adele, was Klimt's patron Ñ and, historians have suggested, probably the artist's lover. [28][45][46] Also present are decorative motifs on the theme of the letters A and B, the sitter's initials. MAGIC. [44][45] In places the dress merges into the background so much so that the museum curator Jan Thompson writes that "one comes across the model almost by accident, so enveloped is she in the thick geometric scheme".
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