Just finished this fantastic tale of the family and fights around Gustav Klimt's glorious portrait of noted Viennese Jewish society and cultural philanthropist Adele Block-Bauer, which now hangs in the Neue Gallery in New York City, where I viewed the painting and bought the book.The story is a p...
I would probably give this book three and a half stars. It is not as well written as Hare with the Amber Eyes (which I highly recommend), but it is fascinating account of Klimt, Adele Bloch, and the tragic history of the famous portrait which Austria returned to her niece, Maria Altmann in 2006...