In the chaotic aftermath of World War II, the American military seized 20 boxes of art from German dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt in Aschbach in December 1945, according to documents located by The Associated Press in the U.S. National Archives in Washington. [...] found in the son's apartment were paintings, drawings, engravings, woodcuts and prints by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Oskar Kokoschka, and leading German artists Dix, Liebermann and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Christoph Zuschlag, an art historian at the University of Koblenz, said the American documents indicated U.S.
Us Documents Raise Questions On Munich Art Hoard
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DAVID RISING, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle: World
Thu, 11/07/2013 - 12:02pm
Topics: world war ii hildebrand gurlitt aschbach december the associated press u.s national archives henri matisse pablo picasso pierre-auguste renoir oskar kokoschka dix liebermann ernst ludwig kirchner christoph zuschlag koblenz cornelius gurlitt the conference jewish material claims against germany marc masurovsky nazi-era holocaust art restitution project cold war-era west german american gurlitt u.s washington german nazi documents prosecutors seized investigators
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