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US returns Nazi-looted Schiele artworks to heirs of Jewish cabaret performer

October 2, 2023Leave a comment

US authorities have returned seven artworks by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele (1890-1918) to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum (1880-1941), a Jewish cabaret performer and art collector who was murdered by the Nazis. Seized from collections throughout the US, the works are collectively valued at nearly $10 million (£8.2 million).

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Nazi-confiscated Egon Schiele painting returns home to German museum

May 18, 2023Leave a comment

After almost 90 years, a watercolour by Expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) has returned to the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany. It was seized from the progressive museum during the Nazi government’s crusade against “degenerate” modern art in 1937.

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