Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II is a 1912 painting by Gustav Klimt.
Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925) was a refined art-loving Viennese salon lady, a patron and close friend of Gustav Klimt.
Ownership
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only model to be painted twice by Klimt; she also appeared in the much more famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Adele's portraits had hung in the family home prior to their seizure by the Nazis during WWII. The Austrian museum where they resided after the war was reluctant to return them to their rightful owners, hence a protracted court battle in the United States and in Austria (see Republic of Austria v. Altmann) ensued, which resulted in five Gustav Klimt paintings being returned to Maria Altmann, the niece of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, in January 2006. In November 2006, Christie's auction house sold Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II at auction for almost $88 million, the fourth-highest priced piece of art at auction at the time.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (also called The Lady in Gold or The Woman in Gold) is a 1907 painting by Gustav Klimt. The first of two portraits Klimt painted of Bloch-Bauer, it has been referred to as the final and most fully representative work of his golden phase.
Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925) was a wealthy member of Viennese society and a patron and close friend of Gustav Klimt.
The painting
Klimt took three years to complete the painting; preliminary drawings for it date from 1903/4. It measures 54" x 54" [138 x 138cm] and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. Klimt was a member of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists that broke away from the traditional way of painting. The picture was painted in Vienna and commissioned by Adele's husband Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. As a wealthy industrialist who had made his fortune in the sugar industry, he sponsored the arts and favored and supported Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer became the only model who was painted twice by Klimt when he completed a second picture of her, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, in 1912.
Auction of Adele Bloch-Bauer II - www.PortraitofAdele.com
Christie's Auction November 8, 2006. Video produced for Feature Documentary Film, The Potrait of Adele. www.PortraitofAdele.com
Copyright 2006
published: 26 Mar 2008
Visual Reading of Gustav Klimt's "Adele Bloch Bauer I" (SCHOLASTIC)
A visual reading of "Adele Bloch Bauer I," a portrait by Gustav Klimt, that is popularly known as "Woman in Gold." This painting is on permanent display at Neue Galerie New York.
Presented by Janis Staggs, Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at Neue Galerie New York.
Video courtesy of Scholastic.
published: 22 Mar 2019
Stealing Klimt
The Golden portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer by Gustav Klimt, completed over 100 years ago, sold at auction for a record sum. In 1938 the painting was stolen from its Jewish owner by the Nazis. Imagine... tells the story of Maria Altmann and her fight to reclaim her family's treasured painting.
published: 30 Oct 2020
Klimt Recovery ABC News January 17, 2006
Local Los Angeles news footage about Maria Altmann's recovery of five Klimt paintings from Austria. KABC News, January 17, 2006.
published: 21 Dec 2013
Klimt: Adele's Last Will (2006)
A film on the recovery of the five Gustav Klimt paintings from the Bloch-Bauer collection by Maria Altmann and Randy Schoenberg. Dissidents Films: Laurence Uebersfeld, Producer. Gilbert Charles and Michel Vuillermet, Directors.
published: 20 Apr 2015
The Recovery of Nazi-Looted Art: The Bloch-Bauer Klimt Paintings
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. [6/2014] [Show ID: 28044]
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A visual reading of "Adele Bloch Bauer I," a portrait by Gustav Klimt, that is popularly known as "Woman in Gold." This painting is on permanent display at Neue...
A visual reading of "Adele Bloch Bauer I," a portrait by Gustav Klimt, that is popularly known as "Woman in Gold." This painting is on permanent display at Neue Galerie New York.
Presented by Janis Staggs, Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at Neue Galerie New York.
Video courtesy of Scholastic.
A visual reading of "Adele Bloch Bauer I," a portrait by Gustav Klimt, that is popularly known as "Woman in Gold." This painting is on permanent display at Neue Galerie New York.
Presented by Janis Staggs, Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at Neue Galerie New York.
Video courtesy of Scholastic.
The Golden portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer by Gustav Klimt, completed over 100 years ago, sold at auction for a record sum. In 1938 the painting was stolen from i...
The Golden portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer by Gustav Klimt, completed over 100 years ago, sold at auction for a record sum. In 1938 the painting was stolen from its Jewish owner by the Nazis. Imagine... tells the story of Maria Altmann and her fight to reclaim her family's treasured painting.
The Golden portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer by Gustav Klimt, completed over 100 years ago, sold at auction for a record sum. In 1938 the painting was stolen from its Jewish owner by the Nazis. Imagine... tells the story of Maria Altmann and her fight to reclaim her family's treasured painting.
A film on the recovery of the five Gustav Klimt paintings from the Bloch-Bauer collection by Maria Altmann and Randy Schoenberg. Dissidents Films: Laurence Ueb...
A film on the recovery of the five Gustav Klimt paintings from the Bloch-Bauer collection by Maria Altmann and Randy Schoenberg. Dissidents Films: Laurence Uebersfeld, Producer. Gilbert Charles and Michel Vuillermet, Directors.
A film on the recovery of the five Gustav Klimt paintings from the Bloch-Bauer collection by Maria Altmann and Randy Schoenberg. Dissidents Films: Laurence Uebersfeld, Producer. Gilbert Charles and Michel Vuillermet, Directors.
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Vienn...
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. [6/2014] [Show ID: 28044]
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Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. [6/2014] [Show ID: 28044]
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A visual reading of "Adele Bloch Bauer I," a portrait by Gustav Klimt, that is popularly known as "Woman in Gold." This painting is on permanent display at Neue Galerie New York.
Presented by Janis Staggs, Director of Curatorial and Manager of Publications at Neue Galerie New York.
Video courtesy of Scholastic.
The Golden portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer by Gustav Klimt, completed over 100 years ago, sold at auction for a record sum. In 1938 the painting was stolen from its Jewish owner by the Nazis. Imagine... tells the story of Maria Altmann and her fight to reclaim her family's treasured painting.
A film on the recovery of the five Gustav Klimt paintings from the Bloch-Bauer collection by Maria Altmann and Randy Schoenberg. Dissidents Films: Laurence Uebersfeld, Producer. Gilbert Charles and Michel Vuillermet, Directors.
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. [6/2014] [Show ID: 28044]
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Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II is a 1912 painting by Gustav Klimt.
Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881–1925) was a refined art-loving Viennese salon lady, a patron and close friend of Gustav Klimt.
Ownership
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only model to be painted twice by Klimt; she also appeared in the much more famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Adele's portraits had hung in the family home prior to their seizure by the Nazis during WWII. The Austrian museum where they resided after the war was reluctant to return them to their rightful owners, hence a protracted court battle in the United States and in Austria (see Republic of Austria v. Altmann) ensued, which resulted in five Gustav Klimt paintings being returned to Maria Altmann, the niece of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, in January 2006. In November 2006, Christie's auction house sold Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II at auction for almost $88 million, the fourth-highest priced piece of art at auction at the time.
... is a bit thicker than one would expect, as opposed to the more delicate treatment found in works like the Portrait of AdeleBloch-Bauer II (1912) and the Portrait of Friederike-Maria Beer (1916).
'The Portrait of AdeleBloch-Bauer II' is said to have cost $150 million when it changed hands in 2016, while the 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I' reportedly had a $135 million price tag in 2006. (RT.com) ....
The sale price well exceeded the presale estimate of 65 million pounds ($80m) ... Klimt’s Portrait of AdeleBloch-Bauer II sold at a New York auction in 2006 for $87.9m, and his landscape BirchForest sold at Christie’s in New York last year for $104.6m.