In 1903, he commissioned the artist Gustav Klimt to paint a portrait of his wife, which was completed in 1907 and became the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. Kimberly Bradley of the BBC wrote the portrait transformed Bloch-Bauer into an "icon".
In 1903, he commissioned the artist Gustav Klimt to paint a portrait of his wife, which was completed in 1907 and became Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I. The portrait, as noted by BBC writer Kimberly Bradley, elevated Bloch-Bauer to an "icon".