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Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
Austrian banker
Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer | |
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Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer c. 1935 | |
| Born | Ferdinand Bloch 16 July 1864 Prague, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 13 November 1945(1945-11-13) (aged 81) Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation(s) | Banker, sugar industrialist |
| Relatives | Maria Altmann (niece) |
Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer (16 July 1864 – 13 November 1945) was an Austrian banker and sugar business magnate who owned one of the most extensive art collections in Europe, most of which was looted by the Nazis during the Anschluss.
Husband of salon hostess Adele Bloch-Bauer and uncle of Jewish refugee Maria Altmann, he commissioned Gustav Klimt to paint Adele Bloch-Bauer I and Adele Bloch-Bauer II, the former being the centerpiece of the 2015 movie Woman in Gold with Helen Mirren.[1]
Biography
Ferdinand Bloch was the youngest of six children of sugar industrialist David Bloch and Marie Bloch Straschnow.
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