The "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I" is a famous piece of art by Gustav Klimt. The subject of the painting is Adele Bloch-Bauer, wife of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Klimt was commissioned by the Jewish industrialist to paint the portrait in 1903. The distinguished piece of artwork was finally unveiled four years later. A second painting of Adele, the "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II," was created by Klimt in 1912.
The well-known portrait is considered a masterpiece from Klimt's "golden style" of artwork...