Maria Altmann
Maria Altmann (February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Austria to the United States. She was an art collector. Altmann's family owned five paintings painted by Gustav Klimt. They were stolen by Nazis during World War II. She was successful in getting back those five paintings, which included two portraits of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer.[1]
Altmann was born in Vienna, Austria. She died at age 94.[2]
The movie Woman in Gold is based on Altmann's life.
Maria Altmann Media
Maria and Fritz on their wedding day in 1937, three months before the Anschluss
Poster in Vienna in 2006, bidding goodbye to the painting Adele Bloch-Bauer
Maria and lawyer E. Randol Schoenberg in 2004 after Supreme Court victory
Altmann at her home in Cheviot Hills in 2010
Backstage with Plácido Domingo at a production of Die Walküre at the Los Angeles Music Center in 2009; Domingo's son in background
References
- ↑ "Maria Altmann Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
- ↑ "Maria Altmann Dies at 94". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2014.