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GUSTAV KLIMT. Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943)

Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943). Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian, Baumgarten 1862-1918 Vienna). Dimensions: 75 1/8 x 33 5/8 in. (190.8 x 85.4 cm). Date: 1899.
Beautiful and stylish, Serena Pulitzer Lederer was a star of turn-of-the-century Viennese society. For this portrait, commissioned by her husband, the industrialist August Lederer, Klimt employed soft, sinuous brushstrokes to present Serena as an apparition in white. "An upright flower, long-stemmed ... like a black tulip," enthused one critic when the painting was shown in 1901 at the tenth exhibition of the Vienna Secession--a group founded by Klimt and other artists four years earlier, with the aim of putting the city at the forefront of the international art world. The Lederers subsequently formed the finest collection of Klimt's work in private hands.

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Author: GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918)

Title: Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943)

Caption: Serena Pulitzer Lederer (1867-1943). Artist: Gustav Klimt (Austrian, Baumgarten 1862-1918 Vienna). Dimensions: 75 1/8 x 33 5/8 in. (190.8 x 85.4 cm). Date: 1899. Beautiful and stylish, Serena Pulitzer Lederer was a star of turn-of-the-century Viennese society. For this portrait, commissioned by her husband, the industrialist August Lederer, Klimt employed soft, sinuous brushstrokes to present Serena as an apparition in white. "An upright flower, long-stemmed ... like a black tulip," enthused one critic when the painting was shown in 1901 at the tenth exhibition of the Vienna Secession--a group founded by Klimt and other artists four years earlier, with the aim of putting the city at the forefront of the international art world. The Lederers subsequently formed the finest collection of Klimt's work in private hands.

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 2050 × 4397 px | 25.8 MB

Print size: 17.4 × 37.2 cm | 807.1 × 1731.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: AUSTRIA • CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • GUSTAV KLIMT • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS