One of the last paintings done by the renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has miraculously been found after vanishing nearly 100 years ago. The painting, titled Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, was found in Vienna, Austria, and was last seen by the public in 1925. Up until now, the only known photograph of the painting had been held in the archives of the Austrian National Library where It was likely taken in 1925 in connection with the Klimt exhibition by Otto Kallir-Nirenstein in the Neue Galerie, Vienna.
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A cameraman takes footage of the painting Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House in Vienna, Austria on January 25, 2024. (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) One of the last paintings done by the renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has miraculously been found after vanishing nearly 100 years ago.
The painting, titled Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, was found in Vienna, Austria, and was last seen by the public in 1925. Up until now, the only known photograph of the painting had been held in the archives of the Austrian National Library where It was likely taken in 1925 in connection with the Klimt exhibition by Otto Kallir-Nirenstein in the Neue Galerie, Vienna.
“The rediscovery of this portrait, one of the most beautiful of Klimt s last creative period, is a sensation,” said the im Kinsky auction house in a statement announcing the discove