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One of the Greatest Gustav Klimt Collections Was Destroyed in a WWII Castle Fire

Lost Masterpieces

“The most important single collection” of Gustav Klimt’s work, owned by a wealthy industrialist, burned in a tragic fire in an Austrian castle in the waning days of World War II.

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