March 24, 2025

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European Art

Klimt painting sets European record with $108 million price tag at Sotheby’s auction in London

LONDON (AP) — A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most

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European Art

Lady with a Fan becomes most expensive painting ever sold in Europe – ARTnews.com

Courtesy Sotheby’s Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), 1917–18, became the most expensive painting ever to sell at auction in Europe during

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European Art

Sultry Klimt portrait smashes European auction record, selling for £85.3m in London

To some fanfare but little surprise, the last portrait ever painted by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record auction price in Europe,

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European Artists

Klimt’s final portrait sells for record £85.3m

By Jasmine Andersson BBC News 27 June 2023 Image caption, Lady with a Fan is the last portrait Austrian artist Gustav Klimt painted

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European Art

Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Brings $108.4 Million, Auction Record for the Artist

Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him

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European Art

Capsule Presents Modern American & European Masters

From the Piel Collection, this lithograph by Pierre-Auguste Renoir led the auction at $18,750. Review by Z.G. Burnett; Images Courtesy of Capsule NEW

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European Art

Will Gustav Klimt’s “Lady with a Fan” Be the Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold in Europe?

Update, 6/27/23: Gustav Klimt’s “Lady with a Fan” sold for $108.4 million, breaking the record for the most expensive piece of art, and

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Art Investment

What Is It & Is It Worth Buying?

Last updated: June 26, 2023 06:53 EDT | 6 min read For years, investing in art was something that was associated with the

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European Fine art

How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World

One of the most influential figures in European modern culture never set foot in Europe. Katsushika Hokusai, like all subjects in self-isolated Edo

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European Artists

Vatican, Pope Francis welcome avant-garde artists

United States’ artist Andres Serrano arrives to meet reporters after being received by Pope Francis on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of

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