Openings and Closings: February 3 to February 10 Elizabeth Lanza
Ben Fisher Photography, courtesy of Masterpiece London.
Masterpiece London Art Fair,
Thurs. Feb. 4 12 pm (EST)
Masterpiece London Art Fair recently announced their planned return to the Royal Hospital Chelsea in late June will be preceded by the release of a new online program. Beginning this week, the Masterpiece London website will be home to panel discussions, videos, and podcasts as a prelude to the in-person fair. One of the must-attend events this week is
Masterpiece Symposium | Journeys through the Material World. Attendees will be able to hear a discussion of the different ways that an object can be displayed in an exhibition, and how it might affect a visitor’s understanding of the object. Speakers at this panel include Christopher Maxwell, curator of Early Modern Glass at the Corning Museum, and Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth, 17
Erich Heckel s oil painting that was looted by Nazis to be returned to its Jewish heirs
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Erich Heckel s oil painting that was looted by Nazis to be returned to its Jewish heirsAP
Last Updated: Feb 03, 2021, 07:44 PM IST
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The painting was owned by Max Fischer until 1934 before he fled Germany to avoid Nazi persecution.
The heirs, who weren t identified, have said they plan on donating the painting to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. (Photo: Twitter/@ts christopher)
BERLIN: A commission in Germany has ruled that a painting by expressionist Erich Heckel that is in a German art museum was likely unlawfully obtained under the Nazis and should be returned to the heirs of a Jewish historian who once owned it, officials said Tuesday.
The commission said that given the circumstances, however, it had to be assumed that Fischer, who immigrated to the United States, lost possession of the painting due to Nazi persecution. It ordered the artwork returned to his heirs.
The heirs, who weren’t identified, have said they plan on donating the painting to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the commission said.
Heckel, a founding member of Die Bruecke (The Bridge) group of expressionist artists, died in 1970. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
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Freeman s announces highlights included in the European Art & Old Masters sale
This major, recently rediscovered painting by Carl Moll. Executed in 1905, Weißes Interieur (White Interior) (Lot 56, $300,000-500,000) has never appeared on the market before.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
.-Freeman s will hold its latest European Art & Old Masters auction on February 23rd. The sale presents fine art from across the continent, celebrating a multitude of movements and their major artists.
Two founders of the Vienna Secession, Carl Moll and Gustav Klimt, headline the auctionhighlighted by an elegant interior scene by Moll. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jakob Schikaneder, and Maurice Utrillo are among the 19th and 20th-century European artists represented. The sale will also offer notable pieces by Old Masters, including recently rediscovered works by Valentin de Boulogne, Lionello Spada and Carlo Dolci.
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