Gustav Klimt - Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Decorative or Decadent?

Whatever you may think of the portraits of Gustav Klimt - there is no denying that this painting is one of his most iconic.

With it’s gravitas, sensuality and extraordinary sense of opulence; it is the pinnacle of Klimt’s “Golden Phase” works. And, as we will see later, is truly a world away from the second portrait Klimt would mak…