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Photo shows 'Portrait of Miss Lieser' (1917) by Gustav Klimt, oil on canvas, framed, undated. The painting by the Austrian painter that has been lost for around 100 years, will be auctioned at Kinsky auction house on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Auktionshaus im Kinsky GmbH, Vienna/Newsflash)

Lost EUR 50 Million Portrait Goes Under The Hammer

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:January 31, 2024

A long-lost masterpiece by painter Gustav Klimt has resurfaced for the first time since it was believed to have been looted by the Nazis during World War II. The 1917…

Serbian painter, Sanja Jankovic, uses wine residues with pure grape pigment for her paintings

Artist Who Paints With Wine Wows The Internet

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 2, 2021

A painter who uses wine to create stunning portraits and landscapes has conquered the internet with her unusual art. Painter Sanja Jankovic was born in the Serbian region of Srem,…

Alfredo Labajjo Grandio

Galician Picasso Found Dead Partially Eaten By His Dogs

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:October 14, 2019

Alfredo Labajjo Grandio This Spanish painter known as the ‘Galician Picasso’ has been found dead with his body partially eaten by his own starving dogs. Artist Alfredo Labajjo Grandio, 80,…

The restored saints

Ecce Homo: No Lessons Painter Wrecks 18 Century Statues

Post author:Ana Lacasa
Post published:September 5, 2019

These two 18th century church statues have been so "damaged” by a "self-taught painter" they have even been compared to the botched Ecce Homo fresco that was famously touched up…

Gunnlaugur Blondal's nude painting

Porn Paintings In Icelandic Central Bank Removed

Post author:Bartosz Staszewski
Post published:January 30, 2019

Two nude paintings by a famous Icelandic painter have been removed from the country's central bank after a complaint by a staff member that they were too rude. The Central…

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