Long-lost Gustav Klimt painting which resurfaced after 100 years sells at ... trends now
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A long-lost Gustav Klimt painting which resurfaced after 100 years has sold at auction for £26 million.
'Portrait of Fräulein Lieser', which the Austrian modernist artist started in 1917, sold to an unknown buyer at an auction in Vienna yesterday.
The portrait of a young woman was one of Klimt's last works, as the artist died in early 1918 after suffering from a stroke, meaning the painting has small unfinished areas.
The Jewish Lieser family, who had commissioned the painting, received the artwork unfinished, but soon after were forced to flee Austria amid the rise of Hitler and antisemitism.
This means the whereabouts of the painting from 1925 to the 1960s is entirely unknown.
