Gustav Klimt Adele Bloch-Bauer with Hat (Study for the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912), 1910–1911 56.5 x 37.5 cm. (22.2 x 14.8 in.) Medium pencil on paper Size 56.5 x 37.5 cm. (22.2 x 14.8 in.

<p>Klimt was born into humble circumstances in 1862, but his gift for drawing propelled him into art school and under the wing of Hans Makart, an immensely successful academic history painter ...

There's something so mysterious and alluring about the subject seen in Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907." Perhaps it's the fact that she's cloaked in golden tones that makes her ...