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Egon Schiele

Timothy Reif and son Paul Reif pose in front of 'Seated Nude Woman, front view,' an Egon Schiele drawing stolen by the Nazis from the private collection of their ancestor, Fritz Grünbaum. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
July 27, 2024, 11:32 am
Another Nazi-looted Schiele painting returns to heirs of its original owner
Unlike museums that have fought in court to retain art stolen by Third Reich, Papanek family, who also survived Nazis, were happy to return ‘Seated Nude Woman, front view’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Works of art by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, September 20, 2023, during a ceremony returning the pieces to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum. (AP/Bobby Caina Calvan)
October 6, 2023, 12:30 pm
Nazi-looted art to be auctioned in US after return to Holocaust victim’s heirs
Six of the seven pieces by Egon Schiele will hit auction block next month, after years-long fight by descendants of cabaret dancer Fritz Grunbaum for their return
By AFP
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (center) delivers remarks during a ceremony to return stolen artworks to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum's estate, in New York, Sepember 20, 2023. Timothy Reif, David Frankel, and Sarah Reif, left of Bragg, are pictured from left to right. (Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
September 21, 2023, 5:52 pm
7 looted artworks repatriated to scions of Jewish cabaret star killed in Holocaust
At emotional ceremony, descendants of Fritz Grünbaum thank authorities for ‘justice’ after return of Egon Schiele paintings
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Russian War Prisoner, Egon Schiele (Art Institute of Chicago)
September 14, 2023, 10:37 pm
Authorities seize from US museums 3 artworks worth millions said stolen by Nazis
Paintings by Egon Schiele are sought by heirs of Jewish art collector who died in the Holocaust
By AFP
Fritz Grünbaum, left, was an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer and art collector. Egon Schiele's 'Woman in a Black Pinafore' is shown right. (Courtesy of CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2022 and Getty Images via JTA)
October 27, 2022, 10:29 pm
2 Nazi-looted paintings, returned to heirs of owner, to be auctioned for charity
Works by artist Egon Schiele, seized from Jewish cabaret artist Fritz Grunbaum during the Holocaust, are expected to fetch $2.8 million
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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