August 30, 2011

Teaching provenance research at the Free University of Berlin

Free University, BerlinSource: Wikipedia Last April, the Free University of Berlin announced that it had initiated the first academic program in Germany on cultural plunder. Classes […]
January 11, 2012

The “three graces” of art restitution

“The Graces of the Gardens of the Hesperides”, Rubens, taken by the ERRSource: Holocaust-Era Assets Portal, NARA, RG 111-SC-374665 Although they were not paragons of beauty […]
February 13, 2012

Looted Renoir painting on the French Riviera

by Marc Masurovsky SS Officer Hermann Brandl, also known as the head of the infamous black market organization in wartime Paris called “Otto” left France in […]
February 12, 2013

Three Impressionist paintings, three (or rather two) destinies

On March 1, 1941, the Paris art dealership of Durand-Ruel ships to its German client, Mr. Wolfgang Krüger, three high-priced paintings by noted French Impressionists: 1/ […]
February 14, 2015

Schleiertanz (Veil Dance) 1920, by Paul Klee

Schleiertanz, 1920, Paul Klee by Marc Masurovsky  Paul Klee produced the watercolor known as “Schleiertanz”, the Veil Dance, in 1920. It was exhibited in Munich at […]
February 15, 2016

Research from the bedroom

by Marc Masurovsky Prerequisites: Internet connection within reach.Sufficient battery time in your laptop to last at least 3 hours.And some tea…or coffee. Nowadays, if you want […]