In 1907, Austrian painter Gustav Klimt completed his masterpiece Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The painting, which contains actual gold leaf, became known as Woman in Gold. It was considered to be the Austrian Mona Lisa. Adele's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist, had commissioned the great work of art. It hung on the wall in the family's home. However, the portrait along with several other Klimt paintings owned by the Bloch-Bauers were stolen by the Nazis during World Wa...
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The Huffington Post - 1 May 2015 20:50
In 1907, Austrian painter Gustav Klimt completed his masterpiece Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The painting, which contains actual gold leaf, became known as Woman in Gold. It was considered to be the Austrian Mona Lisa. Adele's husband, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist, had commissioned the great work of art. It hung on the wall in the family's home. However, the portrait along with several other Klimt paintings owned by the Bloch-Bauers were stolen by the Nazis during World Wa...
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