Renior Painting Returned

[Artemis Windsong]

I know the painting is worth millions.  Who gave up the painting after having paid for it at auction?

According to the release, "The Renoir resurfaced after the war at an art sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1975. It subsequently found its way to London, where it was sold again in 1977, and then appeared at a sale in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1999."

Finally, the painting ended up in Christie's Gallery in New York, where it was put up for auction by a private collector in 2013.

Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said: "Today, as we celebrate the just return of this painting to its rightful owner, we also remember the uniqueness of the Holocaust and reaffirm our commitment to ensure that the words 'never forget, never again' never ring hollow. Hopefully this event brings some measure of justice to Madame Sylvie Sulitzer and her family."

Someone at the auction didn't check the provenance.

[mollyanna58]

How about a link to the rest of the article, please?

[Artemis Windsong]

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/renoir-painting-the-nazis-stole-from-a-jewish-art-collector-is-returned-to-his-granddaughter/ar-BBNfqLS?ocid=mailsignout

I asked my cousin who has a niece that majored in art history and used to work for a museum in London.  I don't know if she will respond.

[Tennesseer]

Not a Renoir painting but a Gustav Klimt painting, and probably his most famous work of art. Nice to see them returned to their rightful owners or descendants/heirs.


The Story Behind ‘Woman in Gold’: Nazi Art Thieves and One Painting’s Return

There are many reasons that among the hundreds of thousands of cases involving artwork looted by the Nazis the story of Gustav Klimt’s “Adele Bloch-Bauer I” would particularly appeal to filmmakers. For one, there is the mesmerizing gold-flecked painting itself, which set a record price of $135 million when it was sold in 2006. Then there is the David-and-Goliath tale featuring a feisty octogenarian heroine — Ms. Bloch-Bauer’s niece Maria Altmann — taking on a recalcitrant Austrian government. And finally there is the satisfying conclusion. Ms. Altmann gets the portrait back. Justice prevails.

Yet even today, viewers may not realize how rare such justice is when it comes to the return of art looted during the Nazis’ reign of terror to its rightful owners or — as is now more likely, seven decades later — to their descendants.

The Story Behind ‘Woman in Gold’: Nazi Art Thieves and One Painting’s Return