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Klimt Masterpiece Lost for 100 Years Sold for €30 Million

Klimt Masterpiece Lost for 100 Years Sold for €30 Million

Art news • Apr 25, 2024 • 2 minutes read
A Gustav Klimt painting, missing for a century, was sold for €30 million at an auction in Vienna. The artwork, titled "Portrait of Fraulein Lieser," is believed to depict a member of a prominent Jewish industrialist family and was sold under adherence to the Washington Principles for returning Nazi-looted art.
Paul Allen: From Microsoft Corporation to art

Paul Allen: From Microsoft Corporation to art

Famous collectors • 11 minutes read
An auction featuring dozens of artworks by renowned artists like Paul Cézanne and Vincent van Gogh has culminated in an astonishing total of $1.5 billion...
Painting: gold in the title and gold in the technique

Painting: gold in the title and gold in the technique

Art history • 8 minutes read
When we think of gold within the history of art, it turns out to be rather easy, if not taken for granted, to focus and dwell on one artistic technique in particular, which, just for the moment...
Top 10: paintings of musicians

Top 10: paintings of musicians

Art history • 13 minutes read
My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...
The record for the most expensive painting sold in Europe has been broken by Klimt

The record for the most expensive painting sold in Europe has been broken by Klimt

Art News • 2 minutes read
Klimt's "Lady with a Fan" Sets Record as Europe's Most Expensive Painting, Fetching Over $108 Million
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt • 8 minutes read
"The Kiss" is a famous painting created by Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt in 1908.  It depicts a couple locked in an embrace and about to kiss, with the man wrapping his arms around the woman and tilting her head back while she leans into him. The painting is considered one of Klimt's most famous works, and it is widely recognized as an iconic image of romantic love.
Top 10: Still life with flowers

Top 10: Still life with flowers

Flower • 12 minutes read
My ranking of still lifes with flowers brings together all those, which, in my opinion, have been the most iconic and "commercial" works of the aforementioned genre, which I have arranged within a narrative in descending order, aimed at culminating in the symbol par excellence of the subject...
Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt

Famous artist • 11 minutes read
Gustav Klimt was an Austrian painter who was widely recognized as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century, known for his highly decorative and ornate style, use of gold leaf, and sensual subject matter. He was one of the leading figures of the Viennese Secession, a movement that sought to break away from traditional academic art and create a new, modern style.
Art that celebrates love as you've never seen it!

Art that celebrates love as you've never seen it!

Saint Valentin • 5 minutes read
The most famous tradition of love in art, which has immortalized forever kisses, embraces, tenderness and passion between lovers, appears immediately well defined in our mind thanks to the most famous masterpieces of the genre, such as, for example, Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova and the Kiss by Gustave Klimt, but are we sure that in the history of art have not been highlighted other types of love?
When Cinema pays tribute to Masterpieces of Art History

When Cinema pays tribute to Masterpieces of Art History

Art History • 8 minutes read
Today, we're going to find out how art is expressed through the camera. Whether it's biographical films describing emblematic artistic trajectories, subtle references or homages known by everyone, one thing is sure: Art is everywhere!

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