Adele Bloch-Bauer I - SKETCHLINE

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1907

Adele Bloch-Bauer I

author

Gustav Klimt

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Mediums: oil, canvas.
Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA.

According to the legend, Austrian sugar maker Bloch-Bauer, having learned about an affair between his wife Adele and Klimt, ordered the artist to paint her portrait. He decided that Klimt would get tired of Adele, if he had to paint her portrait for several days.