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Cornelius Gurlitt

A visitor watches the paintings 'Melancholisches Maedchen' (left) and Nackte Frau im Walde" of German painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
December 10, 2021, 8:17 pm
Swiss museum gives up 40 Nazi-looted treasures from Gurlitt trove, keeps 1,000 items
Museum of Fine Arts Bern giving up pieces it concludes were stolen by the Nazis or of doubtful origin, but retaining most despite their provenance remaining unproven
By AFP
Visitors look at paintings in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
January 13, 2021, 1:59 pm
Germany hands over 14 works from trove of Nazi-looted art
Culture minister says German authorities working to ‘fulfill our moral responsibility’ by determining the provenance of pieces found in Cornelius Gurlitt’s collection
By AP
Illustrative: A combination of photos released by prosecutors in Augsburg, Germany on November 12, 2013 show five of the more than 1,500 paintings believed looted by the Nazis, seized from a Munich flat of Cornelius Gurlitt. (Lostart.de/Augsburg prosecutors/ AFP/File)
January 22, 2020, 10:32 pm
Germany returns artwork stolen by Nazis to French Jewish family
Three pieces recovered in Gurlitt trove given to descendants of Armand Dorville, most of whose relatives were killed during German occupation of France
By AFP
A visitor watches the paintings 'Melancholisches Maedchen' (left) and Nackte Frau im Walde" of German painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
November 10, 2019, 11:30 am
As Gurlitt art trove goes on display, a complicated family picture emerges
Showing works from collection amassed during World War II and discovered in 2012, Israel Museum attempts to untangle history of quarter-Jewish dealer who thrived under the Nazis
By Jessica Steinberg
Some 100 artworks from the Gurlitt collection make up the exhibit 'Fateful Choices: Art from the Gurlitt Trove' at the Israel Museum, which opened on September 23, 2019 (Courtesy Jessica Steinberg)
September 24, 2019, 6:53 am
Art and ethics mingle, as controversial Nazi-era Gurlitt Trove comes to Israel
Long-awaited exhibit of some 100 works of art from the larger collection of Hildebrand Gurlitt, some of which was looted by Hitler regime, goes on display at the Israel Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Paul Signac, Quai de Clichy (date unknown). (courtesy: German Lost Art Foundation)
July 3, 2019, 7:43 pm
Germany hands back Nazi-looted painting to Jewish heirs
Paul Signat’s ‘Quai de Clichy,’ found in Gurlitt hoard, returned to family of Gaston Prosper Levy, who fled from Nazis in France
By AFP
Two visitors in front of the paintings 'Junges Paar' (l), and 'Diskussion' of German painter Emil Nolde, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art -- confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
April 21, 2019, 7:09 pm
Israel Museum to host Nazi-era art hoard held by German recluse
Exhibition of Gurlitt collection in Germany raised ‘touchy questions,’ says German curator, who sought to show how visual art was ‘instrumentalized’ by the Nazis
By Jessica Steinberg
The painting 'Portrait of a Seated Young Woman' by Thomas Couture stands on a easel during a restitution ceremony to the heirs of Jewish French politician Georges Mandel in Berlin on January 8, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
January 8, 2019, 4:44 pm
Germany returns Nazi-looted painting to heirs of Jewish French resistance leader
Portrait belonging to family of Georges Mandel is among 1,500 found in possession of Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of a Nazi-era art dealer
By AFP
The home of Cornelius Gurlitt in Salzburg, Austria, November 18, 2013 (photo credit: AFP Wildbild)
September 10, 2018, 9:53 pm
German officials: 4 works kept by collector’s sister were Nazi-looted art
Benita Renate Gurlitt, who died in 2012, was the sister of Cornelius Gurlitt, whose vast art trove authorities found several years ago
By AP
A visitor watches the paintings 'Melancholisches Maedchen' (left) and Nackte Frau im Walde" of German painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art - confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
November 1, 2017, 8:53 pm
Hundreds of Nazi-looted artworks go on display in twin exhibitions
450 pieces from Gurlitt collection displayed in Switzerland and Germany to shed light on systematic theft from Jewish collectors
By Madeleine SCHWARTZ
Illustrative: A combination of photos released by prosecutors in Augsburg, Germany on November 12, 2013 show five of the more than 1,500 paintings believed looted by the Nazis, seized from a Munich flat of Cornelius Gurlitt. (Lostart.de/Augsburg prosecutors/ AFP/File)
October 26, 2017, 6:06 pm
Tiny hole in canvas identifies Nazi-looted painting in Gurlitt collection
Work by French painter Thomas Couture determined to have belonged to Jewish politician Georges Mandel
By JTA
The sculpture 'Kauernde' (lit. 'Cowering') by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is on display during a press talk on the preparations of an exhibition of exemplary works from the art collection of Cornelius Gurlitt discovered in 2012, in November in Bonn, Germany, Tuesday June, 27, 2017. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
July 8, 2017, 8:23 am
First works from Nazi-era art hoard arrive at Bern museum
The collection was left by Cornelius Gurlitt, the son of an art dealer tasked by the Nazis with selling art stolen from Jews
By AFP
Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum) in Bern, May 8, 2014. (AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
June 27, 2017, 9:56 pm
German museum shows Nazi-looted artwork from recluse’s trove
Collection of paintings confiscated from Jews and found in home of Cornelius Gurlitt to be exhibited simultaneously in Bonn, Bern
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Museum of Fine Arts (Kunstmuseum) in Bern, May 8, 2014. (AFP/FABRICE COFFRINI)
June 7, 2017, 12:01 pm
Swiss museum that inherited Gurlitt trove selling properties
Kunstmuseum Bern working to restore any Nazi-looted items to Jewish heirs, seeking to raise cash to cover cost of maintaining collection
By AP and ToI Staff
This undated photo provided by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin shows a Roman children sarcophagi, an art peace from the art collection of German-Jewish publisher Rudolf Mosse. (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin via AP)
March 8, 2017, 6:31 am
German groups, Jewish heirs unite efforts to locate lost art
Project seeks to find thousands of art pieces stolen by Nazis from Berlin publisher Rudolf Mosse
By Kirsten Grieshaber
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