Portrait Of Adele Bloch Bauer Ii

His portrait of adele bloch bauer has even been used to make a a barbie doll.

Portrait of adele bloch bauer ii. Adele bloch bauer was the wife of ferdinand bloch bauer a wealthy industrialist who sponsored the arts and supported gustav klimt. This painting made at the height of klimt s career prompted critics to coin the phrase mehr blech wie bloch a pun meaning more brass i e money than bloch. Adele bloch bauer was the only model to be painted twice by klimt. Adele bloch bauer was the only person whose portrait was painted twice by klimt.

Gustav klimt s adele bloch bauer ii portrait is arguably one of his more famous paintings. 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 the portrait was commissioned by the sitter s husband ferdinand bloch bauer a jewish banker and sugar producer the painting was stolen by the nazis in 1941 and displayed at the österreichische galerie belvedere. In the show adele bloch bauer ii was reunited with its more famous predecessor portrait of adele bloch bauer which neue galerie co founder ronald lauder bought for 135 million in a private. The two adele bloch bauer portraits perfectly capture the style of klimt with a personal touch and extravagant finish marking much of his best work.

Adele bloch bauer ii is a 1912 painting by gustav klimt. She also appeared in the much more famous portrait of adele bloch bauer i. The influence of egyptian art on klimt is undoubtedly at work in this portrait of the wife of the industrialist ferdinand bloch bauer.