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German police recover 1,500 modernist masterpieces 'looted by Nazis'. (Guardian)
Works by Chagall, Klee, Matisse and Picasso worth up to £860m had been considered lost until raid on flat in Schwabing
£1bn haul of art treasures seized by Nazis found in squalid Munich flat: 1,500 works by masters hidden behind tins of noodles, fruit and beans. (Sunday Mail)
More than 1,500 paintings found including pieces by Picasso and Matisse
Collector Hildebrandt Gurlitt ordered for them to be destroyed in 1945
Officials searched his small rented apartment in Munich and found the art
Experts claim most were acquired from Jews in exchange for escape
But in a routine search on a train from Switzerland to Germany, his son was caught with 9,000 euros cash earned from an illicit art deal
Works by Chagall, Klee, Matisse and Picasso worth up to £860m had been considered lost until raid on flat in Schwabing
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Gwendolen Webster, an art historian who has spent time studying works from the Nazis' "degenerate art" collection, told the Guardian the significance of the find was "absolutely staggering for historians" but opened a legal can of worms.
One of the reasons why German customs may have been sitting on their find for such a long time is that they can expect a huge number of claims for restitution from around the world, with all the diplomatic difficulties that entails.
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£1bn haul of art treasures seized by Nazis found in squalid Munich flat: 1,500 works by masters hidden behind tins of noodles, fruit and beans. (Sunday Mail)
More than 1,500 paintings found including pieces by Picasso and Matisse
Collector Hildebrandt Gurlitt ordered for them to be destroyed in 1945
Officials searched his small rented apartment in Munich and found the art
Experts claim most were acquired from Jews in exchange for escape
But in a routine search on a train from Switzerland to Germany, his son was caught with 9,000 euros cash earned from an illicit art deal