After Gustav Klimt died in 1918, the mothers of his children claimed support from his estate and were paid 4,000 to 10,000 crowns each

Gustav Klimt died in Vienna in February 1918 after a stroke. He never married. He paid monthly allowances to the mothers of several children. Documented are six children by three women^†, two of whom died young. After his death the estate was handled by the Vienna lawyer Dr. Otto Eckstein, and the mothers pressed claims. Maria Ucicka, mother of Gustav Ucicky (born 6 July 1899), raised further financial demands and received a one-off 4,000 crowns. Maria Zimmermann's son Gustav was first offered 4,000 crowns by Eckstein and was granted 5,000 crowns on 19 December 1919. Consuela Huber, as guardian of her sons Gustav and Wilhelm, gave up regular support for 10,000 crowns per child, with court approval. In 1919 Ucicky tried to take the name Klimt; the Künstlerhaus and the Vienna Secession petitioned against it. Ucicky became a film director, including Nazi-era films. After his death in 1961 his widow Ursula inherited the remaining Klimt works and in 2013 founded the Klimt Foundation with them. A popular figure of 14 paternity claims is hedged by museums as alleged^†.