![]() ![]() They just rang the doorbell and I opened it and there they were. ![]() "They just came and took things," says the real Maria Altmann. The most valuable of these was the gold leaf 1907 portrait of Maria's Aunt Adele. Yes, like in the movie, when they raided Maria's family's home they also took jewelry, her father's Stradivarius cello, and various other paintings. It goes into more depth than the movie, following the painting into the hands of the Nazis and then focusing on Maria Altmann's legal battle to reclaim it from the Austrian government.ĭid the Nazis take more than just the Klimt paintings from Maria's family? To learn more about Adele, artist Gustav Klimt, and the painting's journey through history, read Anne-Marie O'Connor's book The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Yes, the subject of the famous Klimt painting, Adele Bloch-Bauer, died from meningitis in 1925 at age 43. Did the real Woman in Gold, Adele Bloch-Bauer, really die from meningitis? The Lady in Gold book by Anne-Marie O'Connor offers a detailed look at the life of the famous painting, including the artist, his subject, and the painting's journey through history. It wasn't long before Maria learned of Czernin's discovery. After the Austrian Gallery archives had been unsealed, Czernin discovered that Austria's claim to the Bloch-Bauer Klimt paintings was faulty. The new Austrian legislation was prompted in part by articles published by Hubertus Czernin, portrayed by Daniel Brühl in the film. The Austrian Parliament also passed its own law requiring museums to allow researchers to explore their archives in order to get plundered items back to their rightful owners. That same year, the Washington Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art was signed by 44 countries, including Austria. Swiss banks had agreed to a $1.25 billion settlement after being sued by Holocaust survivors for refusing to return assets deposited during the war for safekeeping. The odds of restitution were improving at the time due to post-Cold War revelations regarding Nazi plunder. ![]() It was then that Maria learned that her family's paintings had been stolen by the Nazis, not donated to the Austrian State Gallery by her aunt. Maria launched her efforts to reclaim some of her family's paintings in 1998 at the age of 82, as indicated in the Woman in Gold movie. The complex finished portrait consists of oil, silver, and gold on canvas. The gold-flecked painting of Adele Bloch-Bauer took artist Gustav Klimt three years to complete, with his preliminary drawings dating back to approximately 1903 or 1904. How long did it take Gustav Klimt to complete the painting? At the time, had their affairs and didn't discuss it." - The Lady in Gold Documentary "When I asked my mother, 'Did Adele have a relationship with Klimt?' she said, 'How dare you ask such a question? It was an intellectual friendship.' But my mother would always say that," admits the real Maria Altmann, "even when she was 100% sure that the people had more than an intellectual friendship. Yes, however, there has been nothing to confirm this. ![]() Is it possible that Adele Bloch-Bauer was Gustav Klimt's lover? Bruno Grimschitz, the Nazi curator at the Austrian Gallery, first changed the name of the painting to "Golden Portrait" and later to "The Lady in Gold." As emphasized in the movie, this was done to hide the fact that the woman in the painting was Jewish. ![]()
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