Nazi-looted art

Girl with a Dove by French artist Antoine Pense that the German Nazis stole from Poland's National Museum in Poznan during World War II (Wikimedia Commons)

October 15, 2019, 5:00 am

French court refuses to surrender US dealer holding Nazi-looted art to Poland

Warsaw accuses Alexander Khochinskiy of holding an 18th century work that Nazis stole from Poland’s National Museum in Poznan during World War II

By AP

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

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)

May 31, 2019, 11:33 pm

Dutch museums will return 2 Nazi-looted paintings to Holocaust survivor’s family

Move follows recommendation by government body on restitution set up in 2002

By JTA

The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, January 21, 2015. (AP Photo/John Antczak,)

May 20, 2019, 6:42 pm

US Supreme Court won’t take case of Nazi-looted art

Judges leave in place ruling in favor of California museum in dispute over ownership of two German Renaissance paintings

By AP

World War II Diary of S. Lane Faison, Jr.(Courtesy of Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art via JTA)

May 1, 2019, 4:50 am

Diary of WWII’s Monuments Man given to US National Archives

S. Lane Faison Jr. was a prominent art historian who identified Nazi-looted art and wrote Office of Strategic Services’ report on Adolf Hitler’s collection of stolen art

By Penny Schwartz

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

The 1639 painting by Salomon Koninck titled "A Scholar Sharpening His Quill" looted by the Nazis from the Schloss family during World War II, is unveiled on April 1, 2019 at the French Consulate in New York City. (Photo by Don Emmert / AFP)

April 3, 2019, 9:12 am

Heirs welcome return of Nazi-looted 17th-century masterpiece

But in a New York ceremony unveiling the painting, Vernay family also accuses French government of dragging its feet on hundreds of other stolen artworks

By Catherine TRIOMPHE

Salomon Koninck's 1639 "A Scholar Sharpening His Quill, (Photo US District Attorneys Office)

March 27, 2019, 6:12 am

FBI to return Nazi-stolen art to Jewish collector’s heirs

Salomon Koninck’s 1639 ‘A Scholar Sharpening His Quill’ was stolen from art collector Adolphe Schloss and sent to Hitler’s headquarters in Munich

By AFP

'View of a Dutch Square' by the 17th-century Dutch artist Jan van der Heyden. (Courtesy Commission for Looted Art in Europe)

From the WebMarch 24, 2019, 10:17 am

Painting looted by Nazis finally returns to Jewish owners

78 years after it was stolen, retrieved by Allies, then resold to Nazi official’s heiress, ‘View of a Dutch Square’ is handed to Jewish owner’s American descendant, NYT reports

Paul Signac, Quai de Clichy (date unknown). (courtesy: German Lost Art Foundation)

March 16, 2019, 3:50 am

Germany to return Nazi-looted Signac painting to Jewish heirs

Work by French neo-impressionist discovered in massive Gurlitt art collection donated to Bern museum by son of Nazi art dealer

By AP and TOI staff

This image provided by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, shows Henri-Edmond Cross’ “Regatta in Venice” from 1903/04, which is currently on show in Potsdam. (Courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston via AP)

February 8, 2019, 10:36 pm

Texas museum stands by ownership of painting; Jewish family claims it’s looted

Heirs of Jewish French collector say Henri Edmond Cross’s ‘Regatta in Venice,’ currently on loan in Germany, was stolen by Nazis in 1940

By AP

Paintings looted by Nazis during World War II are on display at the Louvre museum in Paris, Tuesday, January 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

January 17, 2019, 6:52 pm

Help recover Nazi-looted art, European Parliament urges EU states

Of some 650,000 works looted during World War II, about 110,000 once owned by Jewish families are still missing

By Marcy Oster

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

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

In this photo made available on January 1, 2019, Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery, poses for a photo as he holds onto a copy of a still-life "Vase of Flowers," by Dutch artist Jan van Huysum, with writing in red reading "stolen," inside the Uffizi gallery, in Florence, Italy. (Uffizi Gallery press office via AP)

January 1, 2019, 8:28 pm

Florence museum demands Germany return artwork stolen by Nazis

Head of Uffizi Gallery says family has refused repeated request to return ‘Vase of Flowers’ still life painting by Dutch artist

By AFP