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Klimt’s Woman in Gold!

I wanted to share a post about the portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer (#1) from Klimt. The history behind it is fascinating. The painting: Adele Bloch-Bauer I The painting is composed of oil paint, silver and gold leaf on canvas. The portrait shows Adele Bloch-Bauer sitting on a golden throne or chair, in front of a goldenContinue reading “Klimt’s Woman in Gold!”

🇦🇹 The amazing Austrian National Library in Vienna, Austria! ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡¹

While visiting Budapest, Hungary during an European tour in 2019, we stopped in Vienna, Austria. Vienna and Budapest are very close to each other and it is pretty easy to take the road and visit…As the 2 countries belong to the European Union, there are no customs… On our way back to Budapest, we spentContinue reading “🇦🇹 The amazing Austrian National Library in Vienna, Austria! ðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡¹”