The lawyer for an American couple defending a restitution claim for a Camille Pissarro painting has said they should not have to “pay for the crimes of Vichy”. Continue reading
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Gurlitt treasures returned to rightful owners
Two works from the Gurlitt treasure trove of art have been restituted to the descendants of their Jewish owners.
A painting by Camille Pissarro and a drawing by Adolph Menzel are two of four works to have been returned to their rightful owners since investigations into the collection’s questionable provenance began in 2012. A German government team tasked with researching the Gurlitt collection have suggested that a further 91 artworks are suspected of being looted from, or sold under duress by Jewish families fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II. Continue reading
Updates: Gurlitt Collection: Will challenge rejected, Hildebrand’s documents to be published online, fourth painting identified as looted to be returned
Since our last two articles (here and here) there have been several developments in the ongoing saga of the Gurlitt collection. Continue reading