{"id":2724,"date":"2025-11-20T06:43:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2724"},"modified":"2025-11-20T06:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T06:43:57","slug":"gustav-klimt-portrait-breaks-modern-art-record-with-236m-sale-arts-and-culture-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=2724","title":{"rendered":"Gustav Klimt portrait breaks modern art record with $236m sale | Arts and Culture News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The painting  helped save the life of its Jewish subject from Nazis during World War II.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 20 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">20 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A Gustav Klimt portrait has sold for $236.4m, a record for a modern art piece.<\/p>\n<p>Klimt\u2019s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold after a 20-minute bidding war at Sotheby\u2019s in New York on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The painting helped save the life of its Jewish subject from the Nazis during World War II.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-tall (1.8-metre) portrait, painted over three years between 1914 and 1916, depicts the daughter of one of Vienna\u2019s wealthiest families adorned in an East Asian emperor\u2019s cloak.<\/p>\n<p>It is one of two full-length portraits by the Austrian artist that remain privately owned. The work was kept separate from other Klimt paintings that burned in a fire at an Austrian castle.<\/p>\n<p>The painting depicts the Lederer family\u2019s life of luxury before Nazi Germany annexed Austria in 1938. The Third Reich looted the Lederer art collection, leaving only the family portraits, which were considered \u201ctoo Jewish\u201d to be worth stealing, according to the National Gallery of Canada, where the painting was previously on loan.<\/p>\n<p>In an attempt to save herself, Elisabeth Lederer made up a story that Klimt, who was not Jewish and died in 1918, was her father. It helped that the artist spent years working meticulously on her portrait.<\/p>\n<p>With help from her former brother-in-law, a high-ranking Nazi official, she convinced the Nazis to give her a document stating that she descended from Klimt. That allowed her to remain safely in Vienna until she died of an illness in 1944.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby\u2019s declined to share the identity of the portrait\u2019s buyer. The sale topped a previous record for 20th-century art set by an Andy Warhol portrait of Marilyn Monroe, which sold for $195m in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The painting helped save the life of its Jewish subject from Nazis during World War II. Published On 20 Nov 202520 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share A Gustav Klimt portrait has sold for $236.4m, a record for a modern art piece. 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