The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

by Anne-Marie O'Connor

Book Overview

National Bestseller The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. Contributor to the Washington Post Anne-Marie O'Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt's 1907 masterpiece--the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen by Nazis during World War II, subsequently became the subject of a decade-long dispute...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1101873124
• ISBN13: 9781101873120
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Phenomenal, better than the movie

While the movie focuses on the second part of the book (the battle to recover the painting), the first half of this book dives into the history of Jewish Vienna and the role of its affluent Jewish families in supporting unconventional artists like Klimt.