Gustav Klimt, Beethoven Frieze

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Gustav Klimt, Beethoven Frieze, 1902, Vienna Secession Hall

The heirs of the Austrian Jewish collector who owned this work before World War II lost their case to recover it in 2015. Learn more in the March 7, 2015 New York Times article.

Cite this page as: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris, "Gustav Klimt, Beethoven Frieze," in Smarthistory, December 5, 2015, accessed January 21, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/gustav-klimt-beethoven-frieze/.