The Met x Wendover Art Serena - Single Picture Frame Painting on Canvas
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Serena Pulitzer Lederer was a star of turn-of-the-century Viennese society. For this portrait, commissioned by her husband, the industrialist August Lederer, Klimt employed soft, sinuous brushstrokes to present Serena as an apparition in white. "An upright flower, long-stemmed…like a black tulip," enthused one critic when the painting was shown in 1901 at the 10th exhibition of the Vienna Secession a group founded by Klimt and other artists four years earlier, with the aim of putting the city at the forefront of the international art world. The Lederers formed the finest collection of Klimt's work in private hands. The soft strokes of Klimt clearly express themselves on this gallery wrapped canvas print.
