Gustav Klimt
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Klimt laid real gold and silver leaf on this canvas, and a flat yellow copy loses the shine and the patterns in it. Our Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I print was graded beside the original so the golds stay warm and deep, the eyes and spirals in the gown stay crisp, and her face stays soft.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x16 inch, 20x20 inch, 24x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its square shape is striking above a bed, a console or a fireplace, and it brings warmth to a dark or neutral wall. The golds look wonderful with black, cream, deep green and brass, and a black or gold-toned frame suits it.
About the painting
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I by Gustav Klimt
Vienna, 1903–1907
Adele Bloch-Bauer was the wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a Vienna sugar industrialist. Ferdinand asked Gustav Klimt to paint her. Klimt took about three years over it and made more than a hundred drawings first.
Gold from Ravenna
In 1903 Klimt had seen the gold mosaics in the old churches of Ravenna, in Italy. Here he did something similar on canvas: Adele’s face and hands are painted softly, and everything around them is gold and silver leaf, worked with eyes, spirals and triangles. It was shown in Vienna in 1908.
The Lady in Gold
Adele died in 1925. In 1938 the painting was seized, and in Vienna’s Belvedere it was shown as The Lady in Gold, without her name. In 2006 her niece, Maria Altmann, won it back, and it now hangs in the Neue Galerie in New York.
Read the story
Gustav Klimt spent three years painting one woman. Thirty years later, her name was taken off the picture.
Vienna, 1903. Adele Bloch-Bauer is in her twenties, married to Ferdinand, a rich sugar industrialist.
Ferdinand asks Klimt, the leader of Vienna's young painters, to paint her portrait.
That same year, Klimt travels to Ravenna, in Italy, and stands in front of the old church mosaics, glittering with gold.
He comes home and starts drawing Adele. He makes more than a hundred drawings before he begins to paint.
He paints her face and her hands softly, like real skin. Almost everything else, he covers in gold and silver leaf.
Her gown is full of tiny eyes, spirals and triangles, and the room around her melts into the same shining gold.
He finishes it in 1907, and the next year it's shown in Vienna.
Adele dies young, in 1925. She is forty-three.
In 1938 the Nazis take the painting. In Vienna they hang it under a new title, The Lady in Gold, so that no one sees the name of a Jewish woman.
Almost seventy years later, her niece, Maria Altmann, wins it back.
Today it hangs in the Neue Galerie, in New York, with her name on it again.
Look past all that gold, at her face. Her name is Adele.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer the First. Gustav Klimt, 1907.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
