Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II - Gustav Klimt

Price in US $ - 87,900,000





Adele Bloch-Bauer II is a 1912 painting by Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy industrialist, who sponsored the arts and supported Gustav Klimt. Adele Bloch-Bauer was the only model to be painted twice by Klimt; she also appeared in the much more famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt

Price in US $ - 135,000,000




Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and his major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. Klimt was a member of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists that broke away from the traditional way of painting.

This painting measures 138 x 138 cm and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style.