Israel Museum acquires rare Klimt oil study for Nazi-destroyed workJune 3, 2014 - 16:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Jerusalem’s Israel Museum has purchased a rare oil painting by Gustav Klimt from the descendants of Hermann Wittgenstein, whose family were important supporters of Klimt and other Secessionist artists, Artnet News reported. The painting, Die Medizin (Kompositionsentwurf), is an 1897–98 study for one of a series of massive, controversial paintings the artist was commissioned to create for the ceiling of the Great Hall at the University of Vienna by Austria’s Ministry of Culture and Education in 1894. The three finished works were never displayed in the hall, due to their purportedly pornographic content, and were destroyed by retreating German forces as World War Two drew to a close in 1945. The Die Medizin study, characterized by its unique blend of neo-Baroque and Secessionist aesthetics, is the only extant version of any of the three panels. Although the Israel Museum owns several works on paper by the artist, this is the first Klimt painting to enter its collection. Photo: Israel Museum Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”. Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan. U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. |