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Few people have done more to advance the cause of people seeking to recover property lost to the Nazis in World War II than Stuart E. Eizenstat. As

A tricky first case for the man who wrote the rules on Nazi looted art

The diplomat and lawyer who helped author the treaty used around the world to guide restitution claims is representing the family of a childhood friend, which has been sued to surrender a painting.

Heirs File Suit to Recover Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting Fifteen heirs to a German collecting couple are seeking to restitute a Camille Pissarro painting. The heirs brought the lawsuit in the Federal District Court in Atlanta, claiming that a family in the Georgia city owns the work. The new was first reported by the New York Times. The work in question is Pissarro’s 1903 harbor scene painting The Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre, painted in the final year of the artist’s life. According to the suit, the work was purchased by German collector Ludwig Kainer in 1904 from the artist’s son. It w...

Heirs Sue Over Ownership of a Pissarro, Saying It Was Seized by Nazis They claim that the painting, “The Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre,” was taken from their ancestors by the Nazis, and have filed a lawsuit in Atlanta to recover it. A family claims that Pissarro’s “The Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre” was taken from their ancestors by the Nazis and auctioned off in 1935. They have filed a lawsuit in Atlanta to recover it.Credit...Lefevre Fine Art Ltd./Bridgeman Images May 13, 2021 More than a dozen heirs of a Jewish couple who left Germany as Hitler rose to power have filed a lawsuit in Geo...