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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.


Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907), currently housed in the Neue Art Gallery in New York, was once the most expensive painting the world, last sold at auction for $135 million dollars. An intricate labor of love, the affection and sumptuous reproduction of the likeness of Klimt’s wealthy client Adele Bloch-Bauer took three years to complete. Painted with Oil, Silver, and Gold on Canvas the painting is as well-known for its scandalous and tumultuous history as for its daring integration of Byzantine mosaic techniques. Before her death, Bloch-Bauer bequeathed the work to the Austrian State Gallery but was immediately appropriated by the Nazi forces during World War II. The surviving husband of Adele, Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer declared the paintings the property of his heirs and heiresses. Nevertheless, the Austrian state held the paintings until their return in 2006 to relatives of the Bloch-Bauers.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I is a startling demonstration of the Art Nouveau style in a monumental size for such an expansive canvas of gold filigree. No simple reproduction of her likeness, Klimt initiates a playful narrative within the painting, revealing a close personal relationship between artist and model. Their friendship lasted for years and, in light of Klimt’s string of love affairs, it was rumored more existed between the pair than a working relationship. Appearing fragile amid a sea of gold and luxury, the artist paints the wife of the sugar magnate as molded and mutated by the wealth that surrounds her. This proud lady of the Vienna salons adored the works of Gustav Klimt and built up a collection of five of his pieces over the period of her short life. Certainly the auction of these pieces after their return to the family is one of the most dramatic and poignant moments in art history.
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Real Oil Paints, Real Brushes, Real Artists, Real Art. The Certificate of Authenticity which arrives with every painting provides an assurance and verifies the authenticity of the hand painted fine art reproduction you purchased. Each oil painting is created by hand using only the finest canvas and oil paints available.
Important Notes About Your Painting:
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Portrait Of Adele Bloch Bauer I, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Portrait Of Adele Bloch Bauer I that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
- Ordered without a frame, it will be delivered in protective tube within 21-28 business days.
- When ordering the painting framed - allow additional 5-7 days for delivery. The painting will arrive ready to hang.
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- No printing or digital imaging techniques are used.
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- Hand crafted means unique to every owner. Each canvas reproduction may vary slightly in brush details due to the nature of being hand painted, so no two paintings are the same.
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Free shipping is included in the price of the painting. Once the painting is ready and dry enough to ship, we will roll it and ship it in a sturdy cardboard tube.
We always ship express via courier to ensure your order reaches you as soon as possible - normally within three business days. The total delivery time from the moment you place your order until the package is delivered to your door is normally between three to four weeks.

If, in the unlikely event you were dissatisfied with the painting after reviewing it in person, it can be returned for a full refund for up to 365 days after delivery.
When you receive the painting; you are free to return it for more revisions or else for a full refund minus our actual shipping cost -- which is, on average, $35 per painting.

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Depending on the degree of damage to the warranted painting, it will either be repaired or replaced. This warranty service is provided free of charge.
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