Aranka Munk

Aranka Munk (née Pulitzer; 28 November 1862 – 26 November 1941) was a Hungarian-Jewish art collector active in Vienna. She was killed in the Holocaust.

Early life and family She was born Aranka Pullitzer in Makó, Austria-Hungary, on 28 November 1862. She was born into a Jewish family, Munk was the daughter of Simon Siegmund Pulitzer and Charlotte Pulitzer and the sister of Klimt's chief patron Serena Lederer and Jenny Steiner. She had three daughters: Lili Munk, Ria Munk and Lola Christine Sachsel-Kraus.

Death of Ria Munk and Klimt portraits

In 1911, Munk's daughter Ria committed suicide. After Klimt's death Aranka Munk hung the unfinished portrait of her deceased daughter in her lake house. In 1942, her daughter Lola Munk died at the Chełmno Extermination Camp.

Claim for restitution Vienna lawyer Alfred Noll submitted a claim for restitution on behalf of the Munk heirs in 2007.