Tag: Nazilooted
Germany makes it easier to return Nazi-looted art – culture
Surprising agreement: Federal, state and local governments agree to facilitate the restitution of Nazi-looted art. Hundreds of thousands of works of art, books and musical instruments were stolen or extorted…
Germany’s handling of Nazi-looted art: Hardly any returns – it remains a scandal – Culture
Germany’s unwillingness to commit to comprehensive restitution of art stolen by the Nazis is becoming increasingly scandalous. Stuart Eizenstat, 80, is a polite man and one of Washington’s most experienced…
Germany’s handling of Nazi-looted art remains a scandal. – Culture
Germany’s unwillingness to commit to comprehensive restitution of art stolen by the Nazis is becoming increasingly scandalous. Stuart Eizenstat, 80, is a polite man and one of Washington’s most experienced…
Nazi-looted art: twenty years of standstill
Will the “Advisory Commission” for the restitution of Nazi-looted art finally be reformed? source site
Nazi-looted art in Munich: Bayern LB wants to return Kandinsky paintings
So now it is: Wassily Kandinsky’s “The Colorful Life” from the Munich Lenbachhaus is being returned to the Jewish Lewenstein family who own it. They had lost the work in…
BGH ruling on Nazi-looted art: Collector must accept entry in Lost Art – Kultur
While Germany’s public museums are obliged to elucidate the origin of Nazi-looted art and to return these works to the heirs of the previous owners – even if they often…
Debate about Nazi-looted art: Bavaria demands restitution law – culture
The dispute over the famous Picasso painting “Madame Soler” in the Bavarian State Painting Collections has turned into a fundamental debate. For Art Minister Markus Blume (CSU), the matter is…
Restitution of Nazi-looted art: A suggestion from legal practice – culture
The auction of the painting “Self-Portrait, Reclining” by Max Pechstein from 1909 has now been postponed to autumn. It belonged to a Jewish doctor fleeing the Nazis, and its upcoming…
Washington: New turning point in the legal dispute in the US court over Nazi-looted art
Washington New turning point in the legal dispute before the US court over Nazi-looted art The artist Camille Pissarro painted the painting «Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie» in 1897.…
Nazi-looted art: How the Kunstmuseum Bern deals with the Gurlitt collection – culture
The 1,600 works have come a long way. Not necessarily in kilometers, but if you consider all the hurdles, twists and turns and years that it took for the pictures…