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Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Gustav Klimt
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is Gustav Klimt’s most significant work of portraiture.
Gustav klimt paintings adele bloch-bauer
The famous Lady in Gold has as many eye-catching decorative elements as it does stories to tell. It begins with a portrait commission by a high-society Austrian couple and culminates with a cross-continental legal battle a century later.
Who Was Adele Bloch-Bauer?
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, wealthy Jewish socialite Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer commissioned Gustav Klimt to paint a portrait of his wife, Adele.
Klimt was emerging at the forefront of the Vienna Secession movement—Austria’s gilded contribution to international Art Nouveau.
Adele Bloch-Bauer was herself a figure to be reckoned with in the Vienna art scene.
She frequently hosted a famous art salon, using her wealth and social status to support Austrian artists like Klimt.
Upon securing the Adele Bloch-Bauer portrait commission, Gustav Klimt embark