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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 351

Nazi-looted art

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill promoting the restitution of Nazi-looted art and personal property stolen during the Holocaust. (Office of CA Gov. Gavin Newsom via JTA)
September 20, 2024, 6:44 am
California approves law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art
Legislation could send long-running ownership dispute over Pissarro painting at Spanish museum back to the courts, as heirs of survivor battle for its return
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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
A picture taken on March 14, 2023, shows "The Sower with Setting Sun," a masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, part of the Emil Buhrle Collection exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zurich. (Arnd Wiegmann/AFP)
June 29, 2024, 6:43 am
Swiss foundation panned for inadequate probe into origins of its Nazi-era art collection
Team mandated by Zurich authorities criticizes Buhrle Foundation’s ‘superficial’ investigation, says ‘provenance research must be continued’
By Christophe VOGT and ToI Staff
Vincent van Gogh's "Der alte Turm," 1884. (Public Domain)
June 21, 2024, 9:46 am
Swiss museum takes down 5 paintings looted by Nazis as part of probe into origins
Foundation that owns pieces, including by van Gogh and Monet, says it is working to reach fair settlement with descendants of former owners
By Jamey Keaten
Tourists view a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
March 6, 2024, 12:45 am
Report lists 24 countries making ‘little to no progress’ in returning Nazi-looted art
The noncompliant states, which include major economies and EU members, are named in a report unveiled at a State Department event promoting restitution
By Canaan Lidor
This photo illustration created in Los Angeles, California, on September 13, 2023, shows a person looking on a computer screen at artwork by Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele entitled 'Russian War Prisoner' (L), 'Portrait of a Man' (R) and 'Girl With Black Hair' (top), which were seized by investigators after the Manhattan district attorney's office issued warrants. (Chris Delmas/AFP)
January 20, 2024, 6:39 am
NY prosecutors return 2 paintings stolen by Nazis to heirs of Holocaust victim
Descendants of Fritz Grünbaum accept works by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, as prosecutors continue to fight for third that Chicago museum maintains it legally acquired
By AP
"Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain" by Camille Pissarro hangs in Lilly Neubauer's home in Berlin. (Image via court records via JTA)
January 12, 2024, 6:50 am
US court rules Madrid museum can keep Pissarro painting looted by Nazis
Decision ends one of longest-running Holocaust arts restitution cases in history, over oil painting that Lilly Cassirer was forced to sell in 1939 to gain exit visa to escape Germany
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
Maurice de Vlaminck's 'Landscape by the Water,' an art piece looted by the Nazi-allied regime in Croatia during the Holocaust and restored in September 2023 to its rightful owner, undated. (Archives of the Zagreb National Museum of Modern Art)
September 23, 2023, 7:56 pm
In apparent first, Croatia restores looted art to grandson of Holocaust victim
Three museums return pieces to Andy Reichsman, who continued decades-long struggle by late aunt to reclaim works stolen by Nazi-allied regime
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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
Works by Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele are on display at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
September 21, 2023, 3:17 am
7 artworks to be returned to heirs of Jewish cabaret star murdered in the Holocaust
Egon Schiele portraits valued at $9.5 million surrendered by New York’s Museum of Modern Art and others after years of legal battles
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
A baby rattle is part of a collection called 'Jewish Silver,' consisting of objects stolen from the Jewish community, and part of a exhibition of looted objects, at the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, Netherlands, September 12, 2023. (Peter Dejong/AP)
September 12, 2023, 11:22 pm
Dutch display ‘plundered art,’ including items Nazis looted from Jews
New show at Mauritshuis museum in The Hague aimed at coming to terms with country’s colonial past; Rembrandt self-portrait taken from Jewish family among collection
By AFP
France's Culture Minister Rima Abdul-Malak (C), flanked by France's Minister for Solidarity, Autonomy and Persons with Disabilities Jean-Christophe Combe (L) and France's Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau, leaves the presidential Elysee Palace after attending the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris on July 13, 2023. (Photo by Geoffroy VAN DER HASSELT / AFP)
July 13, 2023, 7:06 pm
France passes law making it easier for Jews to reclaim Nazi-stolen art
Both houses of parliament unanimously vote in legislation cutting red tape for returning works from French museums to former owners
By AFP
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will join nationwide protests against the judicial overhaul, by darkening its galleries on March 23, 2023 (Courtesy Amit Garon)
June 29, 2023, 7:33 am
Tel Aviv Museum of art facing pressure over links to auction of Nazi-looted works
Christie’s executive also on museum fundraising board under fire for conference that critics say will give war profiteers a platform; Claims Conference refuses donation offer
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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