Maria Altmann
| Maria Altmann | |
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Altmann at her home in 2010
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| Born |
Maria Victoria Bloch February 18, 1916 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | February 7, 2011 (aged 94) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Nationality |
Austrian (1916–1945) American (1945–2011) |
| Known for | The recovery of five family-owned paintings by Gustav Klimt, stolen by the Nazis during WWII |
| Spouse(s) | Fredrick "Fritz" Altmann (m. 1937–1994; his death) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Viktor Gutmann (brother in law) |
Maria Altmann (February 18, 1916 – February 7, 2011) was an Austrian-American Jewish refugee from Austria, which at that time was occupied by the Nazis. She is noted for her ultimately successful legal campaign to reclaim from the Government of Austria five family-owned paintings by the artist Gustav Klimt stolen by the Nazis during World War II.
Altmann is the central figure in the 2015 film Woman in Gold where she is portrayed by Helen Mirren and Tatiana Maslany.
Maria Altmann was born Maria Victoria Bloch on February 18, 1916 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, the daughter of Marie Therese (née Bauer 1874–1961) and Gustav Bloch (1862-1938). The family name was changed to Bloch-Bauer the following year.
She was a niece of Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish patron of the arts who served as the model for some of Klimt's best-known paintings and who hosted a renowned Viennese salon that regularly attracted the most prominent artists of the day, including Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Arthur Schnitzler, Johannes Brahms, Franz Werfel, Alma Mahler, Leo Slezak, Otto Wagner, George Minne, Karl Renner, Julius Tandler, and Klimt.
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