Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress

The museum says a Jewish collector received a fair price for the work in 1941. The heirs say sales from that time are ...
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Jewish heirs file suit in French court regarding Met's ownership of Pissarro painting

The heirs of Jewish art collector Max Julius Braunthal claim that a painting by Camille Pissarro in the Met's collection was ...
Artnet

A Dispute Over a Pissarro Painting Looted by Nazis Was Settled Four Years Ago. Now, It’s Going Back to Court

An agreement reached in 2016 is now again up for legal wrangling. Camille Pissarro, Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep (1886). Collection of the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, at the University of Oklahoma, ...
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An International Feud Over a Looted Pissarro Painting Comes to a Head as a French Court Rejects a Holocaust Survivor’s Claim

Holocaust survivor Léone Meyer has faced another setback in her attempt to keep a Camille Pissarro painting, which had been looted from her family by Nazis, in France. Meyer is fighting to overturn a ...
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A shocking turn: Nazi-looted Pissarro painting won't return to Jewish family

Beverly and Claude Cassirer, both now deceased, are pictured with a replication of a famous Camille Pissarro painting that was stolen from their family by the Nazis in the 1930s. A federal court ruled ...
The Gazette

Camille Pissarro retrospective coming to Denver Art Museum

Camille Pissarro’s retrospective is coming to the Denver Art Museum (DAM), and the Mile High City is the only U.S. venue to exhibit the first major show of the “Father of Impressionism” in 40 years.
Observer

Camille Pissarro

Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a pivotal figure in the Impressionist movement and later played a significant role in the development of Neo-Impressionism. Born on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas, ...
CNN

French heir ends fight to reclaim Nazi-looted Pissarro painting found in Oklahoma

The heir to a French Jewish family that owned a Pissarro painting looted by the Nazis has abandoned her effort to keep the work in France, instead transferring ownership to the University of Oklahoma, ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Camille Pissarro’ Review: The Soul of Impressionism

Henri Matisse once asked Camille Pissarro to define Impressionism. “An Impressionist,” the older painter replied, “is the artist who paints a different picture every time, a painter who never produces ...
Los Angeles Times

A shocking turn: Nazi-looted Pissarro painting won’t return to Jewish family

A decades-long court battle over a famous painting that was looted from a Jewish family by the Nazis at the dawn of World War II took a devastating turn for the family Tuesday, when a federal ...
The New York Times

Camille Pissarro

The 19th-century artist Camille Pissarro inspired others who became far more famous than he was, but many admirers say he was equally accomplished. An upcoming exhibition makes the case. By Michael ...