Gustav Klimt

1862-1918 · Austrian · Symbolism, Art Nouveau, Vienna Secession

Auktionsrekord: 236,36 Mio. $

Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), 1916 · Sotheby's, New York · 18.11.2025

Biografie

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) co-founded the Vienna Secession in 1897 and became the defining painter of fin-de-siècle Vienna. His golden phase, culminating in The Kiss and the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, fused gold leaf, Byzantine ornament and frank sensuality; he also painted luminous square-format landscapes of the Attersee. His output of paintings is small, many works are in Austrian museums, and several have restitution histories, so top examples reach auction rarely. That scarcity has produced the strongest prices in early modern art: in November 2025 his Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer sold for $236.4 million at Sotheby's New York, a record for any modern work at auction, while drawings provide a much more accessible tier.

Aktuelle Auktionsergebnisse

Bildnis Elisabeth Lederer (Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer), 1914-16Sotheby's, New York	236,36 Mio. $	18.11.2025	en.thevalue.com
Blumenwiese (Blooming Meadow), 1908Sotheby's, New York	86 Mio. $	18.11.2025	heni.com
Waldabhang bei Unterach am Attersee (Forest Slope in Unterach on the Attersee), 1916Sotheby's, New York	70,8 Mio. $	18.11.2025	klimt-database.com
Stehend von vorne (Studie für Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer), 1903Sotheby's, New York	482.600 $	18.11.2025	heni.com

Markt

Liquidität: Mittel

Museen

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
Leopold Museum, Vienna
Neue Galerie, New York
Wien Museum, Vienna
Museum of Modern Art, New York

Nachrichten

20.10.2026: Legal troubles and family feud keep Klimt portrait off the market The Art Newspaper

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