German authorities on Monday published a list of 25 out of roughly 1,400 artworks discovered in a Munich apartment. The move is the first step in an effort to speed research into the provenance of Nazi-era acquisitions, following international criticism of Germany’s handling of the discovery.
The 25 paintings are just a portion of the astounding collection of out of more than 1,400 artworks discovered in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, 75, a reclusive collector whose father was reportedly hired to procure works for Hitler throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.
The paintings have been catalogued on Lostart.de, Germany’s Magdeburg-based central database for missing works. All of the artworks, listed here in alphabetical order, are thought to have been acquired by means “linked to Nazi persecution.”
Antonio Canaletto: “S.A Giustina in Prà della Vale” in Padua, graphic print, 1751/1800
Marc Chagall: “Allegory/Allegorical Scene,” undated painting
Hans Christoph: “Couple,” watercolor, 1924
Honoré Daumier: “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza,” painting, c. 1865
Eugène Delacroix: “Moorish Conversation on a Terrace,” undated pencil drawing
Otto Dix: “Woman in the Theater Box,” watercolor, 1922 and “Dompteuse,” watercolor, 1922
Conrad Felixmüller: “Couple in a Landscape,” watercolor, 1924
Erich Fraass: “Mother and Child,” watercolor, 1922
Bonaventura Genelli: “Male Nude”, undated drawing
Ludwig Godenschweg: “Male Portrait,” undated graphic print and “Female nude,” undated graphic print
Otto Griebel: “Child at Table,” undated watercolor and “Veiled Woman,” watercolor, 1926
Bernhard Kretschmar: “Tram,” undated watercolor
Wilhelm Lachnit: “Girl at Table,” watercolor, 1923 and “Man and Woman in the Window,” watercolor, 1923
Max Liebermann: “Riders on the Beach,” painting, 1901
Fritz Maskos: “Thinking Woman,” graphic print, 1922
Henri Matisse: “Seated Woman/Woman Sitting in Armchair,” painting, c. 1924
Auguste Rodin: “Study of a Woman Nude, Standing, Arms Raised, Hands Crossed Above Head,” undated drawing
Théodore Rousseau: “View of the Seine Valley,” undated drawing
Carl Spitzweg: “Playing Piano,” drawing, c. 1840
Christoph Voll: “Monk,” watercolor, 1921 and “The Master Exploder Hantsch,” drawing, 1922