Nazi looted art surfaces

Stolen art worth $AUD 1.42 billion has been found in the private home of an 80-year-old man in Munich.
[This is archived content and may not display in the originally intended format.]

A collection of 1,500 artworks confiscated by the Nazis in the 1930s and 1940s has been found in the German city of Munich, media reports say.

The trove is believed to include works by Matisse, Picasso and Chagall, the news magazine Focus reports. The Nazis categorised almost all modern art as ‘degenerate’ and destroyed private and public collections throughout Europe.

Unlock Padlock Icon

Unlock this content?

Access this content and more

Editor
About the Author
To contact the ArtsHub news desk email editor@artshub.com.au. Keep up-to-date with the latest industry news; be part of the conversation and an engaged arts community by following ArtsHub on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Tumblr.