Nazi-looted Monet, missing for over 80 years, returned heirs of original owners in New Orleans: FBI
NEW ORLEANS — The FBI on Wednesday returned an original Monet work that was presumed lost to Nazi looters for more than 80 years to the descendants of its rightful owner. “Bor de Mer”, or “Seaside” in English, is a pastel painting on 18-3/8 x 22-3/8 inch paper depicting the beaches of Normandy, France. Believed […]
NY judge awards Nazi-looted painting worth millions to Holocaust victim’s heir Eva Zirkl
The Bronx heirs of an art collector murdered during the Holocaust have inherited millions of dollars’ worth of paintings looted by the Nazis, a ruling in an upstate New York court ended a long-running legal battle. Viennese artist Egon Schiele’s 1917 watercolor, “Portrait of the Artist’s Wife,” was presented to Eva Zirkle, the sole surviving […]