VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 17 -- Austria agreed Tuesday to abide by a court ruling and will give up ownership of five precious Gustav Klimt paintings to a California woman who says the Nazis stole them ...

Egon Schiele's drawings are mostly dazzling watercolors; many of Gustav Klimt's are spare and simple, says critic Lloyd Schwartz. Skip to main content. WBUR. 90.0 WBUR - Boston's NPR News Station.

Turns out Adele Bloch-Bauer wasn’t the only golden gal in Gustav Klimt’s life. Though she was the only one he rendered twice, the painter, who liked to go commando under his artist’s smock ...

Surely among the giants of the arts at this pivotal moment were Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) and Egon Schiele (1890-1918). New York’s Neue Galerie has assembled a jaw-dropping show of some of their best ...

A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold Tuesday for $108.4 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit Fächer” — Lady with a Fan ...

Klimt’s art-historical importance as the leader of the turn-of-the-century Vienna Secession movement, and the decorative sumptuousness of his paintings, have always made him a highly valued ...

ONCE deemed pornographic, Gustav Klimt’s golden, mosaic-like paintings of sensuous women and ecstatic couples are no longer shocking. But for writer-director Raúl Ruiz, they offer a window into ...

Photographer Inge Prader has brought the glittering paintings of Gustav Klimt to life. His latest series recreates some of the Austrian artist’s most iconic works using live models. The ...

Three works by Klimt, called the "Faculty Paintings," were lost in a fire at the end of World War II. All that remained were black-and-white photos and articles and critiques from the time that ...

A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million), in London, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe. “Dame mit … ...

Though the Austrian artist is best-known for his ‘golden-style’ portraits, the New York museum has mounted an interesting if limited exhibition of the landscapes he painted on summer holidays.