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Matisse

French artist Henri Matisse works on his 'Grand Intérieur Rouge' canvas in his Villa le Rêve studio in Vence, circa April 1948. (Louis FOUCHERAND / AFP)
April 18, 2026, 7:52 am
Was Henri Matisse’s sojourn in Vichy France de facto collaboration or quiet resistance?
In his new book ‘Matisse at War,’ Christopher C. Gorham explores the renowned artist’s troubled but prolific life under the Nazis during WWII, and his family’s role in the French underground
By Rich Tenorio
Argentine Patricia Kadgien (R), daughter of SS financial guru Friedrich Kadgien, one of several high-ranking Nazis to escape to Argentina after the war, attends a hearing after being arrested in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires province, on September 4, 2025. (AFP)
September 5, 2025, 12:30 am
Argentina charges Nazi’s daughter for concealing art looted from Jewish collectors
Friedrich Kadgien’s daughter and her husband are charged; painting by Italian baroque artist was photographed in their home after disappearing 80 years ago, later handed over
By AFP
Repatriated art being moved, circa 1945-1949. (Johannes Felbermeyer/ Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles)
August 20, 2021, 3:29 pm
NYC exhibit of Nazi-looted art tells a tale of Jewish loss and recovery
Opening Friday, the Jewish Museum’s ‘Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art’ is a testament to survival, despite attempts to eradicate an identity and culture
By Cathryn J. Prince
A painting by Henri Matisse entitled "The Blue Blouse" is seen at the Kunstmuseum Bern in Bern, Switzerland on December 4, 2018 (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
January 6, 2019, 8:28 am
The art of shedding light on gifts with possible Nazi ties
Bern’s Kunstmuseum wants to audit the provenance of all paintings donated by Georges F. Keller, after ties to a French dealer who traded art with the Nazis are revealed
By Ben Simon
Pastoral, Henri Matisse, 1905 (WikiArt)
February 1, 2017, 1:04 pm
Picasso, Matisse and other art from 2010 Paris heist may be in Israel
‘Spiderman’ burglar on trial over $100m haul of five paintings; one accomplice suspected of selling them to Israeli collector
By AFP and ToI Staff
People attend the inauguration of '21 Rue de la Boetie,' an exhibition on legendary French art dealer Paul Rosenberg (1881-1959), at the Musee de la Boverie in Liege, Belgium on September 21, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS)
September 24, 2016, 8:57 am
Art meets history in homage to legendary French Jewish dealer
Paul Rosenberg, who represented Matisse and Picasso, was forced to flee Paris in WWII, leaving behind many paintings to be stolen, destroyed or sold by the Nazis
By Catherine BENNETT
File: (L-R) Swiss politician Bernhard Pulver, Christoph Schaeublin, president of the Foundation of the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern, Swiss diplomat Tim Guldimann attend a press conference on the late German Cornelius Gurlitt 's looted Nazi-era art collection on November 24, 2014 in Berlin. (photo credit: AFP/RONNY HARTMANN)
January 14, 2016, 6:58 pm
German team probing stolen Nazi art defends slow progress
Only one percent of paintings hoarded by Cornelius Gurlitt ‘without doubt’ were stolen from Jewish families, task force says
By AFP
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