Portretul Adelei Bloch Bauer I

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Portretul adelei bloch bauer i. Media in category adele bloch bauer i the following 22 files are in this category out of 22 total. Few paintings have captured the public s imagination as thoroughly as gustav klimt s 1907 portrait of adele bloch bauer the wife of a prominent viennese sugar manufacturer. We discuss gustav klimt s portrait of adele bloch bauer and it s complicated history spanning almost the entirety of the twentieth century. Adele bloch bauer possesses the rare distinction as the only person klimt ever painted twice.

Upon her death adele bloch bauer wished the painting to be given to the austrian state gallery but it was seized by advancing german forces in world war ii. In 1945 ferdinand bloch bauer designated the paintings to be the property of his nephew and nieces including maria altmann. Artworks under the lens. 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.

Nonetheless the austrian government retained ownership of.