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The French National Assembly's recent passage of a restitution law for Nazi-looted art sheds light on the country's complicated past with the subject. ....
Will a looted Pissarro end up in Oklahoma, or France? Camille Pissarro, Shepherdess Bringing In Sheep, 1886. by Doreen Carvajal (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- For more than 70 years, Léone Meyers family has fought to reclaim a looted painting, and yet she cannot bear the thought of displaying it in her Left Bank home, across from the River Seine. The small work, by Camille Pissarro, shows a shepherdess tending her flock, and hangs not far away at the Musée dOrsay, with other precious French impressionist paintings. But the peaceful countryside scene from 1886 is fraught with a backstory of plunder, family tragedy and legal battles that stretch from Paris to Oklahoma. ....
Will a Looted Pissarro End Up in Oklahoma, or France? A painting by the French Impressionist artist, with a back story of plunder and family tragedy, is at the center of courtroom battles on both sides of the Atlantic. “Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep,” an 1886 painting by Pissaro, was looted from Léone Meyer’s family by the Nazis.Credit.Musée d’Orsay Dec. 17, 2020 PARIS For more than 70 years, Léone Meyer’s family has fought to reclaim a looted painting, and yet she cannot bear the thought of displaying it in her Left Bank home, across from the River Seine. ....