The Woman in Question by
Two women on the brink of independence, and the notorious artist driven to capture them both.
Vienna, 1943. The director of a Nazi exhibition of looted art summons fashion designer Emilie Flöge to authenticate a sketch by her soul-mate and brother-in-law, the controversial painter of women, Gustav Klimt. If the sketch is genuine, it will prove the identity of the woman in Klimt’s sensual...
Vienna, 1943. The director of a Nazi exhibition of looted art summons fashion designer Emilie Flöge to authenticate a sketch by her soul-mate and brother-in-law, the controversial painter of women, Gustav Klimt. If the sketch is genuine, it will prove the identity of the woman in Klimt’s sensual...
Two women on the brink of independence, and the notorious artist driven to capture them both.
Vienna, 1943. The director of a Nazi exhibition of looted art summons fashion designer Emilie Flöge to authenticate a sketch by her soul-mate and brother-in-law, the controversial painter of women, Gustav Klimt. If the sketch is genuine, it will prove the identity of the woman in Klimt’s sensual masterpiece, The Kiss. As Emilie waits to view the sketch, she discovers the Nazis have seized another painting, Woman in Gold, Klimt's iconic portrait of Jewish socialite Adele Bloch-Bauer. Adele, a brilliant young woman with a disabled hand, is rumored to have had an affair with Klimt. Emilie relives the drama surrounding the creation of Adele’s portrait to unlock a powerful secret. Beneath the gold leaf of both The Kiss and Woman in Gold there’s an undeniable erotic charge. Is the woman in question the Woman in Gold?
Emilie and Adele are women pursuing a legacy: Emilie’s extraordinary uncorseted designs could transform women’s relationships with their bodies- if only the conservative women of Vienna would buy them. Adele believes her weekly salon with great artists and thinkers will give her influence over the political and cultural climate of Vienna. Klimt strives to capture each of them at a time when women were beginning to be seen in a new light…as figures of power in addition to beauty.
Vienna, 1943. The director of a Nazi exhibition of looted art summons fashion designer Emilie Flöge to authenticate a sketch by her soul-mate and brother-in-law, the controversial painter of women, Gustav Klimt. If the sketch is genuine, it will prove the identity of the woman in Klimt’s sensual masterpiece, The Kiss. As Emilie waits to view the sketch, she discovers the Nazis have seized another painting, Woman in Gold, Klimt's iconic portrait of Jewish socialite Adele Bloch-Bauer. Adele, a brilliant young woman with a disabled hand, is rumored to have had an affair with Klimt. Emilie relives the drama surrounding the creation of Adele’s portrait to unlock a powerful secret. Beneath the gold leaf of both The Kiss and Woman in Gold there’s an undeniable erotic charge. Is the woman in question the Woman in Gold?
Emilie and Adele are women pursuing a legacy: Emilie’s extraordinary uncorseted designs could transform women’s relationships with their bodies- if only the conservative women of Vienna would buy them. Adele believes her weekly salon with great artists and thinkers will give her influence over the political and cultural climate of Vienna. Klimt strives to capture each of them at a time when women were beginning to be seen in a new light…as figures of power in addition to beauty.