Vienna Secession
Group of Austrian artists and architects
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| 2023 | Ronald S. Lauder agreed to restitute and repurchase Klimt's 'The Black Feather Hat', which had belonged to Irene Beran before she fled the Nazis, with a complicated provenance involving Nazi art dealer Friedrich Welz. |
| June 27 2023 | Last painting Lady with a Fan sold at Sotheby's in London for UK£85.3M (US$108.4), becoming the highest-priced artwork ever sold at auction in Europe. |
| 2021 | Portrait of Prince William Nil Nortey Dowuona (1897) rediscovered and restored, with plans to sell for €15 million by 25 March 2025. |
| 2021 | The French minister of culture announced that Klimt's 'Rosebushes Under the Trees' (painted in 1905) should be restituted to the heirs of Nora Stiasi, a Jewish woman persecuted by the Nazis. |
| 2018 | Amy Sherald's portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama showed artistic influences from Klimt, particularly reminiscent of his Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. |
| 2016 | Adele Bloch-Bauer II sold for $150 million. |
| 2013 | Designer Alexander McQueen's collection was partially inspired by Klimt's artistic style. |
| November 2011 | Painting Litzlberg am Attersee auctioned for $40.4 million. |
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