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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Camille Pissarro

This May 12, 2005 file photo shows a visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called 'Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie' painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)
April 22, 2022, 11:26 am
Heirs of Jewish art dealer cleared to use US courts to recover Nazi-looted painting
Supreme Court rules descendants of Lilly Cassirer can turn to American legal system as part of efforts to get back Pissarro piece that is currently owned by Spain
By Andrew Lapin
This May 12, 2005 file photo shows a visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called 'Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie' painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)
January 19, 2022, 5:21 am
US Supreme Court to rule in case involving Pissarro painting looted by Nazis
Case has been going on since 2005 amid dispute between heir of a Jewish woman forced to sell work when she fled Germany, and a Spanish museum that later purchased it
By Jessica Gresko
German art historian and gallery director Ralph Gleis stands next to a Pissarro painting that was looted by the Nazis, on October 18, 2021. (CHRISTOF STACHE /AFP)
October 19, 2021, 4:28 am
Berlin museum returns, then buys back Nazi-looted Pissarro from Jewish heirs
Alte Nationalgalerie’s president thanks family of Armand Dorville for allowing purchase of ‘A Square in La Roche Guyon,’ which French lawyer had purchased in 1928
By AFP
This May 12, 2005 file photo shows a visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called 'Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie' painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)
October 1, 2021, 1:44 pm
US Supreme Court agrees to hear case on Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
Court says it will hear appeal by heirs of German Jewish woman and a San Diego Jewish organization over artwork that was initially taken by Nazis and now hangs in a Madrid museum
By Agencies
One of Pissarro's first paintings in the Neo-Impressionist or pointillist style, 'La Bergère rentrant des moutons.' (Wikimedia Commons)
March 9, 2021, 8:00 pm
French Holocaust survivor ratchets up battle with US over Nazi-looted painting
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
By Alain JEAN-ROBERT
This May 12, 2005, file photo shows an unidentified visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called "Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie" painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)
May 1, 2019, 3:42 am
LA judge rules Spanish museum can keep Nazi-looted painting
Judge says Spain’s refusal to give Camille Pissarro painting to Jewish heirs is ‘inconsistent’ with international agreements to return Nazi-looted art, but law gave him no choice
By John Rogers
This May 12, 2005, file photo shows an unidentified visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called "Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie" painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP Photo/Mariana Eliano, File)
December 5, 2018, 4:20 am
Spanish museum, California family spar in court over disputed Nazi-looted art
‘I’m delighted we finally had our day in court,’ says David Cassirer, whose great-grandmother surrendered her priceless Camille Pissarro painting to escape the Holocaust
By John Rogers
'La Cueillette des pois' ('Picking Peas') by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1887. (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
October 2, 2018, 8:05 pm
Court orders Nazi-looted Pissarro painting returned to Jewish family heirs
Lawyer hails ruling that ‘gives victims of the savagery committed by the Vichy government the right to recover their looted possessions, without a time limit’
By Juliette MONTESSE
'La Cueillette des pois' ('Picking Peas') by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1887. (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
October 2, 2018, 3:56 pm
French court to rule on Nazi-era looted Pissarro painting
American owners, patrons of Washington and Tel Aviv Holocaust museums, say they didn’t know it was seized from a Jewish collector
By Juliette MONTESSE
'La Cueillette des pois' ('Picking Peas') by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1887. (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
June 7, 2018, 12:35 pm
Paris appeal court to rule on ownership of Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
American couple who bought the painting at auction say they had no idea it was seized from a Jewish collector
By ToI Staff and AFP
'La Cueillette des pois' ('Picking Peas') by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1887. (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
November 7, 2017, 5:27 pm
French court returns painting looted by Nazi collaborators to owner’s family
Lawyer for American couple in possession of Pissarro piece says they will appeal, shouldn’t have to ‘pay for the crimes of the Vichy regime’
By AFP
'La Cueillette des pois' ('Picking Peas') by Camille Pissarro, painted in 1887. (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
November 5, 2017, 6:35 pm
French court to rule on Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
Descendants of original owner of ‘La Cueillette des Pois’ say current owners should have known picture was on list of stolen artworks
By Juliette MONTESSE
This May 12, 2005 file photo shows an unidentified visitor viewing the Impressionist painting called "Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie" painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid. (AP/ Mariana Eliano)
July 11, 2017, 11:18 pm
Appeals court allows Jewish family to sue for Nazi-looted painting
Grandson of Lilly Cassirer to sue Madrid museum for Paris street scene by Camille Pissarro, valued at at least $40m
By JTA
The Marmottan Museum in Paris. (CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons)
May 6, 2017, 8:00 pm
Pissarro seized in WWII turns up in Paris show
Family of Simon Bauer, who have long been searching for ‘Picking Peas’ painting, pursuing legal action for its return
By AFP
In this Feb. 8, 2014, file photo, a visitor to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, takes a photograph of a piece called “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep” by French impressionist artist Camille Pissarro, at the museum. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
February 24, 2016, 8:58 am
University of Oklahoma to share Nazi-looted painting
Camille Pissarro’s ‘Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep’ will go back and forth between US, France
By JTA
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