Adele (Bauer) Bloch-Bauer (1881 - 1925)

Born 9 Aug 1881 in Wien, Österreich under den Enns, Österreich-Ungarn

Died 24 Jan 1925 at age 43 in Wien, Österreich

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Biography

Adele (Bauer) Bloch-Bauer is Notable.

Adele was the daughter of Moritz Bauer& Jeannette Honig, a wealthy Jewish Viennese family. She was the subject of two paintings by Gustav Klimt (Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I and Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II). The first is also known as the "Woman in Gold."

She married Ferdinand Bloch, an arranged marriage in 1899. He was a banker and wealthy sugar manufacturer. He commissioned Klimt to paint a portrait of his wife, in 1903, as an anniversary gift for her parents.

The painting was appropriated by the Nazis during World War II. It was the subject of a court case, and later a movie, when her niece sought to reclaim the painting from the Galerie Belvedere. (Her niece passed away in 2011; wikipedia page)

Sources

• "Österreich, Niederösterreich, Wien, Matriken der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde, 1784-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJR-TZJH : 25 January 2018), Adele Bauer, 09 Aug 1881; citing p. 235, Birth, Vienna, Austria, Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien (Jewish Community of Vienna) Municipal and Provinical Archives of Vienna, Austria; FHL microfilm 1,575,040.

• "Österreich, Niederösterreich, Wien, Matriken der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde, 1784-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGJR-RP7X : 25 January 2018), Ferdinand Bloch and Adele Bauer, 19 Dec 1899; citing p. 291, Marriage, Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria, Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien (Jewish Community of Vienna) Municipal and Provinical Archives of Vienna, Austria; FHL microfilm 1,223,364.

• Find a Grave, database and images, memorial page for Adele Bloch-Bauer (9 Aug 1881–24 Jan 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #41600546, citing Friedhof Feuerhalle-Simmering, Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna (Wien), Austria ; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520) .

See Also:

• Wikipedia: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - accessed 24 Dec 2018

• Wikipedia: Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II - accessed 24 Dec 2018

• Shapira, Elana. "Adele Bloch-Bauer." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. (Viewed on December 24, 2018) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bloch-bauer-adele>.

• Wikidata: Item Q90205, fr:Wikipedia