Page 5 - Clovis Corinth News Today

A Brussels museum has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of its original owners, a Jewish couple who fled Germany in 1938.

The artwork was stolen from a Jewish couple that fled the regime in Germany A fine arts museum in Belgium has returned a painting to the h

Belgium’s Royal Museums of Fine Arts has returned a painting to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple who owned the artwork before it was stolen by the Nazis, reported Reuters. Museum workers took down “Flowers,” painted by German artist Lovis Corinth in 1913, on Thursday and packed it for the family of Gustav and Emma…

The family's Berlin-based law firm approached the Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts over five years ago.

Belgium's leading art museum has returned a painting it held for 71 years to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple whose property was looted by the Nazis after they fled on the eve of World War Two.

Artwork looted by the Nazis returned to rightful Jewish owners after 71 years

Descendants of Gustav and Emma Mayer still looking for 29 more art pieces after German painter's 1913 'Flowers' returned

Workers took down “Flowers,” painted by German artist Lovis Corinth in 1913, and packed it for the family of Gustav and Emma Mayer.

Plus, Lisson joins the influx of galleries to Los Angeles, and that space diamond sells for $4.3 million in crypto at Sotheby's.

When the war was over, Belgian authorities had difficulty establishing where many works of art were stolen from, and like this one, hung them in a museum.