A painting by Marc Chagall discovered in a sensational art trove found in Munich is believed to have been looted by the Nazis from a Latvian Jewish family. According to Germany’s most-read newspaper, Bild, evidence was uncovered that a painting by Marc Chagall from the collection hidden for decades by the reclusive Cornelius Gurlitt, 80,…
The family of a Holocaust survivor who fled Vienna in 1938 has filed a claim for the return of one of the country’s national treasures. The heirs of Erich Lederer, wealthy Austrian Jews who were important patrons of artist Gustav Klimt, have asked for the restitution of Klimt’s 1902 creation “Beethoven Frieze.” The claims were…
Two oil paintings stolen by the Nazis 67 years ago from the walls of Poland’s National Museum in Warsaw were returned Thursday night to the people and government of Poland in a ceremony held at the Polish consulate in New York. Polish artist Julian Falat painted the works, “The Hunt” and “Off to the Hunt”…
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