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Germany Returns Three Paintings and Six Pieces of Antique Silverware Looted By the Nazis to Rightful Heirs
Monika Grütters. Photo by Günther Ortmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images.
Germany will return three paintings to the heirs of a French-Jewish collector whose art was looted by the Nazis. The works all passed through the hands of the notorious German art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt. Two were found in the Munich hoard of his son, Cornelius Gurlitt; the third was in a private collection in Southern Germany.
The works stolen from the lawyer and art collector Armand Dorville (1875–1941) are by the French Impressionist painter Jean-Louis Forain. A watercolor,
Lady in an Evening Gown, and the oil painting
Portrait of a Lady in Profile were both recovered from Cornelius Gurlitt’s Munich apartment in 2012. They are the latest works that passed through the now-notorious stash to be returned to their rightful owners at a time when Germany is publicly making an effort to boost its research into works looted during WWII.
Monika Grütters. Photo by Günther Ortmann/ullstein bild via Getty Images.
Germany will return three paintings to the heirs of a French-Jewish collector whose art was looted by the Nazis. The works all passed through the hands of the notorious German art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt. Two were found in the Munich hoard of his son, Cornelius Gurlitt; the third was in a private collection in Southern Germany.
The works stolen from the lawyer and art collector Armand Dorville (1875–1941) are by the French Impressionist painter Jean-Louis Forain. A watercolor,
Lady in an Evening Gown, and the oil painting
Portrait of a Lady in Profile were both recovered from Cornelius Gurlitt’s Munich apartment in 2012. They are the latest works that passed through the now-notorious stash to be returned to their rightful owners at a time when Germany is publicly making an effort to boost its research into works looted during WWII.