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Who was Gustav Klimt and why is his work so important?

Klimt's work combines the sensuousness of Art Nouveau with the solemnity of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Byzantine ...
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Gustav Klimt Painting Sells for $236.4M as Most Expensive Modern Art

Gustav Klimt's legacy just got a little greener. After all, the symbolist artist's painting Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (or Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer in English) was sold for $236.4 million, with ...

Gustav Klimt artwork stolen by Nazis, nearly wrecked in WWII sells for shocking $236M. Why 2026 sets up great for art investors (and how to cash in)

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A Gustav Klimt painting is now the most expensive piece of modern art sold at auction. The fascinating history behind the $236 million 'Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer.'

An art handler views Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer by Gustav Klimt during a press preview at Sotheby’s in New York City on Nov. 7. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images) A painting by Gustav Klimt just became ...
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Gustav Klimt portrait breaks modern art record with $236M sale

(AP) - A Gustav Klimt portrait painting that helped save the life of its Jewish subject during the Holocaust sold Tuesday for $236.4 million, a record for a modern art piece. Klimt’s “Portrait of ...
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Barbra Streisand Laments Selling Gustav Klimt Painting 27 Years Ago, After Another Work from Artist Sells for $236 Million

Barbra Streisand said on Instagram on Thursday, Nov. 20 that she regrets selling a Gustav Klimt painting she once bought for $17,000 Her post comes two days after another Klimt painting, "Portrait of ...