The riveting story of Gustav Klimt's most famous painting- how it was created, celebrated, seized by Nazis, and ultimately-after a lengthy and influential court case-restored to its rightful owner.
Anne-Marie O'Connor attended Vassar College, studied painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. She was a foreign correspondent for Reuters and a staff writer for theLos Angeles Timesfor twelve years, and has written extensively on the Klimt painting and the Bloch-Bauer family's efforts to recover its art collection. Her articles have appeared inEsquire, The Nation,andThe Christian Science Monitor. She currently writes forThe Washington Postfrom Jerusalem, where her husband, William Booth, isPost bureau chief.
“Fascinating. . . . A mesmerizing tale of art and the Holocaust.”
—The Washington Post
“A celebration of art and persistence. . . . O’Connor’s book brings
Klimt’s exceptional portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer home, broadening
the meaning of homeland at the same time.” —The Christian Science
Monitor
“Ms. O’Connor has told an important story.” —The Wall Street
Journal
“O’Connor skillfully filters Austria’s troubled twentieth century
through the life of Klimt’s most beloved muse. . . . A nuanced view
of a painting whose story transcends its own time.” —Bookforum
“Captivating.” —MORE Magazine
“Combines detailed reportage with passionate storytelling. . . .
Unraveling the portrait’s journey also reveals how global
norms of art and war have changed, and the powerful roles that art
plays in politics, society, identity and memory.” —The Rumpus
“A fascinating book.” —The Dallas Morning News
“Richly drawn. . . . Part history and part mystery, The Lady in
Gold is a striking tale.” —BookPage
“The lusciously detailed story of Gustav Klimt’s most famous
painting, detailing the relationship between the artist, the
subject, their heirs and those who coveted the masterpiece. . . .
Art-history fans will love the deep details of the painting, and
history buffs will revel in the facts O’Connor includes as she
exposes a deeper picture of World War II.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Intriguing. . . . Poignant and convincing. . . . Vividly evokes
the intellectually precocious and ambitious Adele’s rich cultural
and social milieu in Vienna, and how she became entwined with the
charismatic, sexually charged, and irreverent Klimt.” —Publishers
Weekly
“Writing with a novelist’s dynamism, O’Connor resurrects
fascinating individuals and tells a many-faceted, intensely
affecting, and profoundly revelatory tale of the inciting power of
art and the unending need for justice.” —Booklist (starred review)
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