tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post2892670723970445850..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): the eye of the beholdergenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-9912290400589425242016-09-20T10:58:30.353-04:002016-09-20T10:58:30.353-04:00Two snippets from the wiki: Klimt took three year...Two snippets from the wiki: Klimt took three years to complete the painting; preliminary drawings for it date from 1903/4.[5] It measures 54" x 54" [138 x 138 cm] and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. <br /><br />And: Klimt originally titled the painting as Adele Bloch-Bauer, but Nazi soldiers seized the painting from the Bloch-Bauer home and displayed it in the early 1940s, removing the name and instead calling it The Woman in Gold so that it could be displayed without referencing a prominent Jewish family.<br />olcharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00309255390011851502noreply@blogger.com