Ferdinand bloch bauer biography of abraham
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Last Monday I describedthe experience of viewing Gustav Klimt's portrait Adele Bloch-Bauer Iat the Neue Galeriein New York when I visited recently, and a quick sketch of the painting's history. I ended by referring to the arbitrated, recovery of this painting by Maria Altmann -- a niece of the painting's subject and her husband Ferdinand, and one of his heirs -- as a "depatriation" (the country in question being Austria). This work's ownership has presented a tangle of difficult-to-resolve principles, and today I'm going to delve a bit into these complications in the frames I considered as I viewed the painting last month.
From my cultural and historical perspective I would have a hard time arguing against the Bloch-Bauer family's right to recover possessions stolen less than 75 years ago as part of a state-run, genocidal, 'ethnic cleansing' program. My point of view is certainly influenced by the fact that I would have been subject to Nazi genocide myself had I lived in Europe d
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THE EMBODIMENT OF TAO
Even the finest teaching is not the Tao itself.
Even the finest name is insufficient to define it.
Without words, the Tao can be experienced,
and without a name, it can be known.
To conduct one&#;s life according to the Tao,
is to conduct one&#;s life without regrets;
to realize that potential within oneself
which is of benefit to all.
Though words or names are not required
to live one&#;s life this way,
to describe it, words and names are used,
that we might better clarify
the way of which we speak,
without confusing it with other ways
in which an individual might choose to live.
Through knowledge, intellectual thought and words,
the manifestations of the Tao are known,
but without such intellectual intent
we might experience the Tao itself.
Both knowledge and experience are real,
but reality has many forms,
which seem to cause complexity.
bygd using the means appropriate,
we extend ourselves beyond
the barriers of such com
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Measures: x cm
Technique: Oil on canvas
Depository: Neue Galerie New York
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a painting by Gustav Klimt. According to press reports it was sold for US$ million to Ronald Lauder for his Neue Galerie in New York City in June , which made it at that time the List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting for about 4 months. It has been on display at the gallery since July
The painting
Klimt took three years to complete the painting. It measures x cm and is made of oil and gold on canvas, showing elaborate and complex ornamentation as seen in the Jugendstil style. Klimt was a member of the Vienna Secession, a group of artists that broke away from the traditional way of painting. The picture was painted in Vienna and commissioned by Ferdinand and Bloch-Bauer was born Ferdinand Bloch, the son of David Bloch (also known as Abraham Bloch), a banker and sugar factory owner, and his wife Marie, née Straschnow. Ferdinand married Adele Bau