The Lady in Gold : The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (Hardcover)

from bostonbibliophile

Fascinating story with all kinds of angles about the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer and how it ended up in America and in New York. Chapters cover the fall of Belle Epoque Vienna and World War 2, and the struggle of Bloch-Bauer's heirs to recover the painting from the Austrian government. The writ...

from sushitori

Fascinating, in-depth look at the life of Gustav Klimt, Vienna during the Hitler years, the Holocaust, and art theft and restitution. Although Klimt's avant-garde art and love life was interesting, Austria's collaboration with the Nazis was revelatory. In Vienna, in particular, wealthy Jewish fam...

from drjesons

Sad story about the ordeal of a wealthy Jewish family in Austria before and after the rise if Nazism. A family member Maria, who survived the Holocaust claimed back from Austria: a portrait of one of its family member, long dead, Adele. Adele was painted by Austria's most famous painter Klimt and...

from splinfo

This was a book for me. Dove tailed with my interests and expanded what I know about that period. Firmly grounded in letters, photos, written memoirs of the time; not "fleshed out" as some books of this type. I found the last quarter or so of the book about the trial and litigation surrounding th...

from briandrewz

This book tells the story of one of the most valuable paintings in the world: "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer". The book begins with the life stories of Gustav Klimt and Adele Bloch-Bauer. It's interesting to read of the friendship between the two, who were in all probability lovers. The book also...