Photo By Gail

Mäda Primavesi (1912–1913) is a portrait painted by Gustav Klimt and it’s one of his most charming and unique works. Here’s the painting’s engaging backstory.

The Subject

Mäda Primavesi was a young girl from a wealthy Viennese family. Her father,  Otto Primavesi, was a banker and industrialist, and her mother, Eugenia, was a patron of the arts, so the family moved in the kind of circles where commissioning a portrait from Gustav Klimt made perfect sense.
Continue reading Modern Art Monday Presents: Gustav Klimt, Mäda Primavesi →