This was announced on January 25th Vienna auction house in Kinsky the sensation. “Fräulein Lieser” had resurfaced, a late portrait of a woman by Gustav Klimt. It is a life-size portrait of a charming-looking young woman in a floral cape. The painting was never seen in public and was considered lost. Only a black and white photo from 1925 existed. Who could have guessed that the background would be orange? It is one of Klimt’s last works – when he died in February 1918, it was in his studio, not yet fully completed. After that the trail goes away.
Art crime thriller about Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” – culture
