Causing a stir of excitement in the art market, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), the last portrait painted by Gustav Klimt, sold for £85.3 million (US$108.4 million) at Sotheby’s London on 27 June. The result was a record high for any work of art ever sold at auction in Europe and also one
The painting Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) by Austrian artist is most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4m), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan) was sold on
By Kelly GrovierFeatures correspondent Alamy Left on Gustav Klimt’s easel when the artist died in 1918, Lady with a Fan is the most expensive painting auctioned in Europe, selling for £85.3m – but what makes it a masterpiece? Kelly Grovier explores its appeal. The Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt is best-known for the immortalising opulence
AP | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — sold to a buyer in the room at Sotheby’s in London after a
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 a highly valued artist. But those values soared into a different dimension in 2006 when the New York-based cosmetics magnate Ronald S. Lauder paid $135 million for the artist’s gold-drenched 1907 portrait
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 expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — sold to a buyer in the room at Sotheby’s in London after a 10-minute bidding war for
The final work by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has fetched €86 million at auction setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT Gustav Klimt’s final masterpiece has broken the European auction record by selling for £74 million, or €86 million, at Sotheby’s in London. The celebrated Austrian symbolist’s “Dame
Business By Associated Press Published June 27, 2023, 7:26 p.m. ET A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for $108.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan — sold to a buyer in the room at Sotheby’s in London after
27 June 2023 Image source, Italian Culture Ministry Image caption, The newly-uncovered fresco was found on a half-crumbled wall in what was the hallway of a house in Pompeii Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a painting which depicts what might be the precursor to the Italian pizza. The flatbread depicted
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 most expensive painting, ever sold in Europe. The last portrait Gustav Klimt ever painted, “Dame mit Fächer” (which translates to “Lady with a Fan”) will go up for auction by Sotheby’s at