VIENNA (AP).-A panel has recommended that seven paintings by Austrian artists contained in a prestigious Vienna art collection be returned because they were either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their Jewish owners. The paintings &…
Painting by Egon Schiele Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
Painting by Egon Schiele Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
Painting Stolen by Nazis Back in Austrian Museum
VIENNA (AP).- A painting by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele has been rehung at a Vienna museum after a 12-year possession battle over the artwork stolen by the Nazis. The painting was returned over the weekend after the Leopold Museum agreed to pa…
Leopold Museum Pays a $19 Million Settlement for Egon Schiele’s "Portrait of Wally"
NEW YORK (AP).- A 12-year dispute that illustrated the difficulty of proving art was stolen by Nazis in World War II ended Tuesday with an agreement that a 1912 oil painting entitled “Portrait of Wally” will be returned to a Vienna museum and displayed…
Leopold Museum Explores Love, Fear and Death in Edvard Munch’s Work
VIENNA.- Edvard Munch, one of the most important
European artists, stands at the center of the main autumn exhibition of the
Leopold Museum. The themes of love, fear and death dominate Munch’s oeuvre. The
symbol-laden atmosphere lends many of …
Austrian Panel Recommends Restitution of Four Works of Art
VIENNA (AP).- A commission has recommended that four paintings
contained in a vast Vienna art collection should be returned because
they were
either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their former
Jewish
owners, Austria’s Cu…
Austrian Panel Recommends Restitution of Four Works of Art
VIENNA (AP).- A commission has recommended that four paintings contained in a vast Vienna art collection should be returned because they were either seized by the Nazis or given up against the will of their former Jewish owners, Austria’s Culture Minis…
Rudolf Leopold, Austrian Art Collector, Dies Today at 85
VIENNA (AP).- Rudolf Leopold, who assembled Austria’s largest private art collection, including works allegedly stolen by the Nazis, died Tuesday at the age of 85. Leopold died at a hospital in the Austrian capital after suffering multiple organ failur…