by Danielle Koehler | Aug 19, 2020 | blog
A cumulus cloud wandered overhead as Angela floated on her back in the ocean. She was numb to the water temperature as she watched the cloud slowly moving by, studying its heavenly form—its snowy-white wings and flowing robe. Angela often thought about her sister...
by Danielle Koehler | Dec 10, 2018 | Historical Inspiration
by Walter Pavlo In September, Moderna Museet Stockholm decided that a portrait by Austrian expressions artist Oskar Kokoshka would be returned to the family of Alfred Flechtheim. The museum bought the piece in 1934, a year after Alexander Vömel, an art dealer who was...
by Danielle Koehler | Dec 5, 2018 | Historical Inspiration
by Daniel Boffey, Brussels The decision of a Dutch art committee to back one of the Netherlands’ most prestigious museums in its attempt to hold on to a prized painting obtained from a Jewish family in 1940 has sparked an international outcry over the fate of Nazi...
by Danielle Koehler | Nov 20, 2018 | Historical Inspiration
Amsterdam — Throughout World War II, the Dutch art dealers Benjamin and Nathan Katz sold art they owned, including works by Rembrandt and Jan Steen, to Nazi officials, in one case in exchange for exit visas that enabled 25 Jewish relatives to escape the...
by Danielle Koehler | Sep 6, 2007 | Historical Inspiration
By Marlise Simons Just as the Dutch government was moving to discourage new claims for restitution of art looted during World War II, the heirs of a Dutch Jewish art dealer have filed one of the largest claims to date for paintings now held in Dutch museums. Four...
