The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/stolen-art/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:16:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png stolen art | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/stolen-art/ 32 32 UK’s Tate Britain gallery to return Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish collector https://www.timesofisrael.com/uks-tate-britain-gallery-to-return-nazi-looted-painting-to-heirs-of-jewish-collector/ Sun, 30 Mar 2025 02:44:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3513773 Spoliation Advisory Panel rules that 'Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy' will be returned to descendants of Samuel Hartveld, who fled Antwerp with his wife in May 1940

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]]> Stolen in Tel Aviv, Picasso and Chagall works worth $900,000 found in Antwerp home https://www.timesofisrael.com/stolen-picasso-chagall-paintings-worth-900000-found-in-antwerp-house/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:49:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3202641 The paintings, Picasso's 'Tête' and Chagall's 'L’homme en prière,' were purloined from a collector in 2010, along with $680,000 worth of jewelry

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]]> Richard Barancik, last of ‘Monuments Men’ who recovered Nazi loot, dies at 98 https://www.timesofisrael.com/richard-barancik-last-of-monuments-men-who-recovered-nazi-loot-dies-at-98/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:34:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3059666 Barancik served in Salzburg, Austria where he helped collect stolen treasures and return them to original Jewish owners

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]]> UK museum to return painting stolen by Nazis to family of Jewish owner https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-museum-to-return-painting-stolen-by-nazis-to-family-of-jewish-owner/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:35:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2986606 Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum surrenders 19th-century painting by French artist Gustave Courbet stolen from Paris apartment of Robert Bing in 1941

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]]> France to approve return of 15 artworks stolen from Jews during World War II https://www.timesofisrael.com/france-to-approve-return-of-15-artworks-stolen-from-jews-during-world-war-ii/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 11:33:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2702598 Motion authorizes public museums holding works, including Musee d'Orsay in Paris, to hand over property to heirs of original owners

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]]> The day I got to see Van Gogh’s Nazi-seized ‘Wheatstacks,’ from both sides https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-day-i-got-to-see-van-goghs-stunning-wheatstacks-from-both-sides/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:38:08 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2636539 A work of great art has been on public display in London this week for the first time since 1905. On Thursday, I inspected it up close -- front and rear...

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]]> Greek police recover stolen Picasso painting, then drop it https://www.timesofisrael.com/greek-police-recover-stolen-picasso-painting-then-drop-it/ Wed, 30 Jun 2021 06:17:32 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2573856 No visible damage done to 1939 piece gifted by artist to Greece in recognition of resistance to Nazis; authorities hail 'special day' in return of painting after daring 2012 heist

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]]> Van Gogh drawing once looted by Nazis sold for over $10 million at auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/van-gogh-drawing-once-looted-by-nazis-sold-for-over-10-million-at-auction/ Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:49:25 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2504636&preview=true&preview_id=2504636 La Mousmé was restituted in 1956 after being seized from a Jewish banker during German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940

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]]> French Holocaust survivor ratchets up battle with US over Nazi-looted painting https://www.timesofisrael.com/french-holocaust-survivor-ratchets-up-battle-with-us-over-nazi-looted-painting/ Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:00:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2502945 1886 artwork by Camille Pissarro was seized from Leone-Noelle Meyer's adoptive parents during German invasion of France, and is now the subject of a legal battle

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]]> Van Gogh drawing once looted by Nazis to be sold at auction https://www.timesofisrael.com/van-gogh-drawing-once-looted-by-nazis-to-be-sold-at-auction/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:04:21 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2496655 La Mousmé was restituted in 1956 after being seized from Jewish banker during German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940; it is expected to be sold for $10 million

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]]> US Holocaust survivor who spent decades fighting for family’s looted art dies https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-holocaust-survivor-who-spent-decades-fighting-for-familys-looted-art-dies/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:33:29 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2364254 Family of biochemist and tabletop designer Martha Nierenberg, 96, says they'll continue legal battle for art collection, stolen by the Nazis and still held by Hungary

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]]> After return to Jewish owners, Nazi-looted art to be auctioned for $22 million https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-return-to-jewish-owners-nazi-looted-art-to-be-auctioned-for-22-million/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 21:46:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2218823 Three pieces by Pissarro and Signac go up for sale nearly a century after they were taken from Gaston Levy's home in German-occupied France

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]]> Germany hands back Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-hands-back-nazi-looted-painting-to-jewish-heirs/ Wed, 03 Jul 2019 16:43:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2105678 Paul Signat's 'Quai de Clichy,' found in Gurlitt hoard, returned to family of Gaston Prosper Levy, who fled from Nazis in France

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]]> Tutankhamun sculpture’s London auction sparks Egyptian outcry https://www.timesofisrael.com/tutankhamun-sculptures-london-auction-sparks-egyptian-outcry/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 05:01:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2103712 Ownership of art piece can apparently only be traced back to 1970s; Cairo wants representation of pharaoh's head returned to its country of origin

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]]> Germany to return painting stolen by Nazis to Italy https://www.timesofisrael.com/germany-to-return-painting-stolen-by-nazis-to-italy/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 06:57:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2103104 Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to travel to Florence where he will hand over 'Vase of Flowers' by Dutch artist Jan van Huysum to Uffizi Gallery

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