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Gustav Klimt - Ria Munk on her Deathbed entre 1917 et 1918

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Portrait of Ria Munk III, 1917-18.  Gustav Klimt 

How Gustav Klimt’s Unfinished ‘Ria Munk III’ Finally Escaped the Nazis

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Ria Munk by Gustav Klimt, 1917.

The third portrait of Ria Munk, entitled Frauenbildnis ( Ria Munk III), which Klimt began around 1917, was one of the largest and greatest full-length female portraits by him.  It was, like a number of Klimt’s  later works found in his studio, unfinished, when he died in February 1918. 

The background of this work consists of a multitude of flowers such as roses and tulips, floral patterns and oriental-looking designs. The painting is incomplete, especially with regards the dress and the foreground, which we see are just traces of the charcoal preliminary sketch.