Adele Bloch Bauer I

In these works he treats the human figure without shadow and heightens the lush sensuality of skin by surrounding it with areas of flat highly ornamental brilliantly composed areas of decoration.

Adele bloch bauer i. This painting is perhaps most famous not for its artistic quality but because of its scandalous history since inception. As fritza riedler 1906 and adele bloch bauer i 1907. 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. She was the only sitter that klimt painted twice in full legth.

Adele bloch bauer 1881 1925 was a wealthy member of viennese society and a patron and close friend of 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. This golden style depiction of adele bloch bauer is arguably klimt s most famous portrait. Das bildnis adele bloch bauer i auch goldene adele genannt ist ein gemälde von gustav klimt.

In 2006 adele bloch bauer i was acquired for neue galerie in new york. Es gilt als eines der bedeutendsten werke klimts wie auch des österreichischen jugendstils insgesamt. Adele bloch bauer was born in vienna on august 9 1881 the youngest daughter of the seven children of the banker moritz bauer 1840 1905 and jeannette bauer née honig 1844 1922. Adele bloch bauer was the wife of ferdinand bloch bauer a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported gustav klimt.

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. Adele bloch bauer was the only person whose portrait was painted twice by klimt. The art work is made of oil and gold on a canvas print and it is used to display an elaborate and an ornate style or art. Klimt was one of the members of the vienna secesion and these artists were known to break away from the traditional style of art.

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 world war ii. Her father was the general director of the influential viennese bank association and the president of the orient railway company. Adele bloch bauer possesses the rare distinction as the only person klimt ever painted twice. Adele bloch bauer i by gustav klimt took the artist a time period of 3 years to complete.

Adele bloch bauer was the only person to be painted twice by klimt.