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The riveting story of Gustav Klimt’s most famous painting- how it was created, celebrated, seized by Nazis, and ultimately—after a lengthy and influential court case—restored to its rightful owner.
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The true story that inspired the movie Woman in Gold starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds.
Contributor to theWashington PostAnne-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 between her heirs and the Austrian government.
When the U.S. Supreme Court became involved in the case, its decision had profound ramifications in the art world. Expertly researched, masterfully told, The Lady in Gold is at once a stunning depiction of fin-de si cle Vienna, a riveting tale of Nazi war crimes, and a fascinating glimpse into the high-stakes workings of the contemporary art world.
One of the Best Books of the Year- The Huffington Post,The Christian Science Monitor.
Winner of the Marfield National Award for Arts Writing. Winner of a California Book Award.
Author Biography
Anne-Marie O’Connor attended Vassar College, studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a foreign correspondent for Reuters and a staff writer for theLos Angeles Timesfor twelve years, and has written extensively on the Klimt painting and the Bloch-Bauer family’s efforts to recover its art collection. Her articles have appeared inEsquire, The Nation,andThe Christian Science Monitor. She currently writes forThe Washington Postfrom Jerusalem, where her husband, William Booth, isPost bureau chief.
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