Posts Tagged: Nazi Looted Art
Grandchildren of German Jewish Businessman Sue Leading Houston Art Museum Over Nazi-Looted Painting
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) and the grandchildren of a German Jewish art collector were heard in federal court on Thursday over an...
France to Return 15 Nazi-Looted Works of Art to Jewish Owners, Including Chagall, Klimt Paintings
The National Assembly of France last week approved the return of 15 artworks stolen by Nazis during World War II to the heirs of the...
Boston Museum Returns Painting Looted During World War II to Heirs of Former Jewish Owner
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) has agreed to return a 17th century Dutch painting to the heirs of late Jewish collector Ferenc Chorin,...
US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Painting Stolen From Jewish Family by Nazis
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on a case involving a family’s generations-long attempt to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis in 1939. The...
Nazi-Looted Art in France Returned to Heirs of Jewish Owner
JNS.org - Four artworks looted by Nazis in France during World War II have been returned to the heirs of their original Jewish owner, France’s...
Amsterdam to Return Painting Sold During Nazi Occupation to Jewish Heirs
Amsterdam's city council has agreed to return a painting by famous Russian abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky that was sold under duress during the Nazi occupation...
Dutch Art Museum Overrides Restitution Panel, Will Pay 200,000 Euros to Heirs of Jewish Man for Painting He Was Forced to Sell by the Nazis
Despite a recommendation not to do so from a government committee, a Dutch museum has decided to pay restitution for a painting in its collection...
France to Return Klimt Painting Sold Under Duress During Nazi Era to Heirs of Jewish Family
i24 News - France announced that it is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family...
Painting, Antique Kettle Looted by Nazis Returned to Jewish Descendants in US
A 19th-century painting and a 16th-century kettle looted by the Nazis from Jewish victims have been returned to the descendants of their original owners now...
French Court Rules Painting Looted During Holocaust Belongs to Jewish Collector
JNS.org - A French appeals court ruled against an American couple that sought to get back the 1887 painting called La Cueillette des Pois (“Picking Peas”)...
Supreme Court Expected to Rule on Whether to Hear Case of Nazi-Stolen Art
JNS.org - The US Supreme Court is expected to rule on hearing a case about a German arts museum and whether or not a treasure...
Germany Returns Nazi-Looted Art to Descendants of French Jewish Collector
JNS.org - The German government on Wednesday returned three works of art stolen from a Jewish lawyer and collector during the Nazi occupation of France...
Nazi-Looted Art at Palace in Netherlands Set to Be Returned to Heirs of Jewish Owners
Items that are part of an art collection at Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, are set to be returned to the heirs of German-Jewish...
US Appeals Court: California Museum Can Keep Cranachs Looted by Nazis
A federal appeals court on Monday said the Norton Simon Museum can keep two 16th-century masterpieces depicting Adam and Eve by the German Renaissance painter...
