The Quest To Find Nazi-Looted Art Continues
From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
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From the blog of Sheldon Kirshner at The Times of Israel
Who was Frans Hals? We know very little about him. He was baptised in either 1582 or 1583 in Antwerp. He died in 1666 at the age of 83 or 84. Approximately 220 works survive. One discredited narrative claimed Hals was a drunk – an inference probably based on his subject matter. There are several
Valued close to £500,000, a 20th-century masterpiece by Art Nouveau artist Edward Okuń was stolen from a Warsaw art gallery by Nazi troops towards the end of the war.
Regensburg was the largest city in Germany to survive World War II without major damage, and today it’s a picturesque, UNESCO-rated backdrop for Danube cruises.
A painting by Egon Schiele is among those bought back by the institutions from where they were confiscated