Gustav Klimt print - Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer II - 1911-1912

Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer II

Year: 1911-1912 - oil on canvas 120x190 cm

Preserved in: private collection

Gustav Klimt's portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer was confiscated by the Nazis together with all the belongings of the Bloch-Bauer family, who had to flee Austria to take refuge in Switzerland. Gustav Klimt's paintings were exhibited at the Austrian Museum Belvedere, in Vienna. In his 1945 will, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer assigned his estate to his grandchildren, including Maria Altmann. The grandson, escaped persecution, he claimed his rights and finally filed a lawsuit came in possession of the paintings.