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Europe’s most expensive Painting: Why £85.3m for Klimt’s Lady with a Fan?

Gustav Klimt, the renowned Austrian Symbolist painter, is celebrated for his opulent and gilded masterpieces that have become milestones in modern art history. However, it is a lesser-known work, “Dame mit Fächer” (Lady with a Fan), that has etched its name in art auction history as the most valuable painting ever sold at auction in […]

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Art that glows golden for over a century — celebrating Gustav Klimt\’s birthday

July 14, On This Day Born on July 14, 1862, Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt is more than just a well-known name in the history of art. His shimmering gold leaf-flecked iconic artworks — one of the most famous being the enduring \’The Kiss\’ — have been looked upon as objects of immense beauty and

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