Serena Pulitzer Lederer by Gustav Klimt, 1899 36x12max100 Tewkesbury (c

Tewkesbury (c

the piece captures the era’s experimentation and the artist’s belief that painting could move the viewer inward—toward feeling

" Crafted in 1951

with the Monaro and Southern Tablelands stepping down into Victoria’s lower country

Serena Pulitzer Lederer by Gustav Klimt, 1899 36x12max100 Tewkesbury (cPainted in 1899, Serena Pulitzer Lederer (18671943) by Gustav Klimt captures one of turnofthecentury Viennas most admired hostesses with a poise that feels both intimate and ceremonial. Commissioned by her husband, industrialist August Lederer, the portrait presents Serena in a luminous white gown, her slender silhouette rising from a softly modulated background. Klimts sinuous brushwork and refined decorative sensibilityhallmarks of the Vienna