Posts Tagged: Nazi Stolen Art
California Lawmaker Introduces Legislation to Help Restitution of Property Stolen During Holocaust
California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D) introduced legislation on Thursday that would assist California residents in recovering artwork and other types of personal property stolen during...
Christie’s to Auction Artworks Stolen by Nazis, Returned to Heirs of Jewish Holocaust Victim
Six portraits by Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele that were stolen by the Nazis and recently returned to the heirs of an Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer...
Seven Schiele Portraits Stolen by Nazis Returned to Heirs of Jewish Holocaust Victim in New York
Seven portraits by Austrian Expressionist artist Egon Schiele that were stolen by the Nazis during World War II have been returned to the heirs of...
Three Artworks Looted By Nazis From Jewish Holocaust Victim Seized From US Museums
New York investigators on Wednesday seized artwork by 1900s Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele from three museums after it was discovered that they were Nazi-looted items...
German Commission for Nazi-Looted Art Calls for Legal Changes to ‘Unsatisfactory’ System
The German independent advisory commission on Nazi-confiscated cultural property is calling for the implementation of a new restitution law in Germany that would give individuals...
Christie’s Auction House Ordered By French Court to Return Nazi-Looted Painting to Heirs of Jewish Owner
A French court has ordered the auction house Christie’s London to return The Penitent Magdalene by Dutch artist Adriaen van der Werff to the heirs...
Dutch Museum Returns Looted Kandinsky Painting From WWII to Heirs of Former Jewish Owner
A museum in the Netherlands is returning a painting by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of a Jewish art collector who owned the...
The Netherlands Searches Art Collection for Nazi-Looted Works in Government Buildings, Museums
The Netherlands is probing whether there are any Nazi-looted artworks from World War II in its national holdings, including government buildings, according to a report...
US Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Jewish Family Who Owned Pissarro Painting Taken by Nazis
In an unanimous ruling on Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the heirs of a German Jewish family who hope to reclaim...
Controversy Over Nazi-Looted Items on Display at Reopened Scotland Museum
An art museum in Glasgow, Scotland, reopened its doors on Tuesday for the first time in six years amid new accusations about Nazi-stolen items on...
Grandchildren of German Jewish Businessman Sue Leading Houston Art Museum Over Nazi-Looted Painting
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and the grandchildren of a German Jewish art collector were heard in federal court on Thursday over an...
Boston Museum Returns Painting Looted During World War II to Heirs of Former Jewish Owner
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has agreed to return a 17th century Dutch painting to the heirs of late Jewish collector Ferenc Chorin,...
A Picasso Sold During Nazi Flight Can Stay at New York’s Met, US Court Rules
A masterpiece painted by Pablo Picasso that a German Jewish businessman was allegedly forced to sell to fund his escape from the Nazis can stay...
US Judge Rules Spanish Museum Can Keep Pissarro Confiscated by Nazis
A Madrid museum cannot be forced to return a Camille Pissarro painting that was seized by the Nazis from its Jewish owners during World War Two, despite...
