David Rowland, Who Won Back Looted Art for Jewish Heirs, Dies at 67
As a lawyer, he worked on behalf of the families of Jews who had been persecuted by the Nazis to recover artworks, some housed in pre-eminent museums.
Source: nytimes.com
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Has New York's law aimed at identifying Nazi-looted art in museums worked?
Recent legislation requires institutions to label works they display that was stolen by the Nazis, but some are still unwilling to publish their provenance research
Source: theartnewspaper.com
Looted Kandinsky work restored to Jewish heirs fetches $45M - New Delhi Times - India Only International Newspaper
A painting by Wassily Kandinsky that spent decades in a Dutch museum after its Jewish owner was murdered in the Holocaust has sold at auction for 37.2 million pounds ($44.9 million). “Murnau mit Kirche II“ (“Murnau with Church II“) set a record price for the Russian artist in a sale at Sotheby’s in London on…
Source: newdelhitimes.com
Kandinsky painting that spent decades in Dutch museum sells at auction for $44.9 million
A Kandinsky painting called "Murnau with Church II“ sold for $44.9 million in London. The painting has been at a Dutch museum for decades after the owner was killed in the Holocaust.
Source: foxnews.com
Edvard Munch painting hidden from Nazis in barn with The Scream sells at auction for nearly £17m
The 13ft long work, 'Dance on the Beach' (pictured), belonged to Norwegian shipowner Thomas Olsen who hung it in the first class lounge of a liner that sailed between Oslo and Newcastle.
Source: dailymail.co.uk