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Sotheby's set to auction Klimt’s work

By Lin Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-02-17 16:12

Sotheby's set to auction Klimt’s work

Bauerngarten, by Gustav Klimt. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), noted for portraying female bodies, is also known for his landscapes.

Klimt's Bauerngarten, in which he presents a joyful scene of garden full of blossoms, will be auctioned on March 1 at Sotheby's sale of impressionist and modern art.

Painted in 1907, Bauerngarten was inspired by Klimt's annual summer retreat to the shore of Lake Atter.

The painting arose from a visit to a garden of a local farmer. It shows a vibrant combination of daisies, poppies and roses.

Last year, Oprah Winfrey, herself an art collector, sold Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II for $150 million to a Chinese buyer whose name was not revealed.

 

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