Tag: Art institute of chicago

In the News: Museum Told to Surrender Schiele Drawing to Heirs of Man Killed by Nazis

Egon Schiele’s Russian Prisoner had been in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1966. The drawing, which dates from 1916, was originally owned by the Jewish-Austrian collector Fritz Grünbaum and must now be returned to his heirs, according to a ruling by a court in New York.

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In the News: Chicago Museum Clinging To Nazi-Looted Art, NY Court Told

Law360, New York (August 29, 2024, 6:47 PM EDT) — A prosecutor in the Manhattan DistrictAttorney’s Office argued in court Thursday that the Art Institute of Chicago is ignoring the horrors of the Nazi regime as it “desperately” attempts to hold onto a Holocaust victim’s stolen Egon Schiele drawing.


Law360, New York (29. August 2024, 18:47 Uhr EDT) – Ein Staatsanwalt der Staatsanwaltschaft von Manhattan argumentierte am Donnerstag vor Gericht, dass das Art Institute of Chicago die Schrecken des Nazi-Regimes ignoriert, während es „verzweifelt“ versucht, die gestohlene Egon-Schiele-Zeichnung eines Holocaust-Opfers zu behalten.

 

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In the News: Chicago Magazin, The Drawing the Art Institute Won’t Give Back

The heirs of a famous Jewish entertainer killed in the Holocaust want the museum to return a work they say was stolen by the Nazis. But was it really?

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