The Sezession also did much to allow young artists to break away from the yoke of academic painting and embrace all genres of art. It also brought famed international artists to Vienna making the city an international art hotspot. We say again, you go, Gustav! On Lake Atter by Gustav Klimt # 5 – Not Interested in Himself Noah Charney. “Such was the case for an ethereal painting by Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Trude Steiner – an early work from 1898, before Klimt became the toast of Viennese society. Jenny Steiner, mother of the girl portrayed, fled Vienna in 1938, just after the Nazis took control of the city on 12 March. The painting was seized, ostensibly in Address: Hall des Lumières: Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion, 49 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007. Opening Hours: Sunday to Wednesday between 10am and 7pm and Thursday to Saturday between 10am and 10pm. Entry: From US$41.36. Exhibition: Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion. 'The Kiss' by Gustav Klimt surpasses expectations," writes journalist Adrian Brijbassi. "For one thing, it’s not nearly as celebrated a painting, so public fascination isn’t high to begin with. Early Life. Gustav Klimt was born on the 14th of July, 1862 in Linzerstraße 247, Baumgarten, which lies in the district of Vienna. His birth place, a one-storey house, survived until the 1960s, at which point it was replaced with a series of apartments, but a small plaque was erected to mark the arrival of this significant European artist. The last portrait completed by Gustav Klimt became the most expensive artwork ever to sell at a European auction Tuesday, when it sold for a staggering £85.3 million ($108.4 million) in London Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life - 24 Hours access EUR €36.00 GBP £32.00 USD $39.00 Rental. This article is also available for rental through Some of Klimt’s belongings at the Leopold Museum. Leopold opened in 2001 and houses more than 5,000 works of modern Austrian art, including the world’s largest Egon Schiele collection. It is located in the popular area of Museums Quartier in Vienna. The core of the collection consists of Austrian art of the first half of the 20th century The "Portrait of a Lady" painting, valued at $66 million, vanished from the city's Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery, during renovation work in February 1997. Gustav Klimt on Lake Attersee (1904) by Moriz Nähr Klimt Foundation. Gustav Klimt lived during a golden epoch of Viennese art. Between his birth in 1862 and death in 1918, he immersed himself in the European avant garde, producing all sorts of paintings, murals, sketches, and other works. Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, the historic 4p1bV.