A rarely been seen Gustav Klimt painting will be shown in its homeland for the first time in nearly 60 years. Water Serpents II was last exhibited in the Austrian capital in 1964 before falling into ...

Water Serpents II, on public display for the first time in 60 years, Courtesy of HomeArt. A new exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum presents Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt for the first time ...

Other Klimt works have sold for more, however, including his 1907 painting, "Water Serpents II," which reportedly went for $170 million in 2015 in a private sale. Gustav Klimt: Worth a Thousand Kisses ...

Gustav Klimt. They purchased it for 25,000 crowns, about $185,000 in today’s money, ... A Russian billionaire Russian investor sold Klimt’s “Water Serpents II” for $170 million.

Water Serpents II, which depicts nymphs grappling with a red serpent, was completed in 1907 during Klimt’s so-called golden period, when he embraced the gold-leaf techniques he is known for today.

Visitors look at the painting 'Water Serpents II' (Wasserschlangen II, 1907, on loan from HomeArt, a collection founded in Hong Kong by Rosaline Wong) by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt (1862-1918 ...

Vienna: A major work from the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt has returned to Vienna where it will be shown in its homeland for the first time in nearly 60 years, after museum officials pieced ...

Back to homepage / Live news Rarely seen Klimt painting returns to Austria after 60 years. Vienna (AFP) – A major work from the Austrian painter Gustav Klimt has returned to Vienna where it will ...