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Art Institute of Chicago returns painting seized during World War II
Дата публикации: 23-09-2026 17:16:20
The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a painting to the family of a Jewish art collector after discovering that was originally seized by the Nazis during World War II.
“Woman with a Fan” has been in the museum’s collection since 1959, but it is now being returned to a family after more than 65 years.
“This return reflects our commitment to take decisive action when new research clarifies the provenance of a work,” said Dr. Jacques Schuhmacher, Executive Director, Provenance Research, of the Art Institute of Chicago. “Our collaboration and shared research with Mondex were crucial to returning this painting to the Lewenstein heirs.”
James Palmer’s Canadian firm, the Mondex Corporation, helped establish the provenance, or ownership history of the painting. That history stretched from wartime Amsterdam to Chicago where the Art Institute helped confirm the painting’s origins.
“The family feels joy and relief and a sense of closure,” Palmer said during a video call from Scotland. “The family suffered from Nazi persecution at this time so we did our best. We have been searching for years for these different paintings.”
The return of Nazi-looted art remains a global problem according to the CEO of the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
“Many estimates say at one point there were as many as 600,000 pieces of looted art from mostly Jewish families during the Holocaust,” said Bernard Cherkasov.
Cherkasov estimates that as many as 100,000 pieces have not been recovered.
“There are a hundred thousand objects the represent lives that were lived…histories…some of them are portraits of actual family members that still have not been reunited,” he said.
The Art Institute said its provenance checking team is one of the largest in the nation and is constantly reviewing the museum’s collection of more than 300,000 works of art.
“Woman with a Fan” has been removed from display and is being packed up for shipment to the Lewenstein family.
“It is so important that these artworks from the Nazi era are returned to their rightful owners and their descendants because in many cases, it is not about the art but it is about the link to the families that they once belonged to,” Cherkasov said.
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The Art Institute of Chicago is returning a painting to the family of a Jewish art collector after discovering that was originally seized by the Nazis during World War II.
“Woman with a Fan” has been in the museum’s collection since 1959, but it is now being returned to a family after more than 65 years.
“This return reflects our commitment to take decisive action when new research clarifies the provenance of a work,” said Dr. Jacques Schuhmacher, Executive Director, Provenance Research, of the Art Institute of Chicago. “Our collaboration and shared research with Mondex were crucial to returning this painting to the Lewenstein heirs.”
James Palmer’s Canadian firm, the Mondex Corporation, helped establish the provenance, or ownership history of the painting. That history stretched from wartime Amsterdam to Chicago where the Art Institute helped confirm the painting’s origins.
“The family feels joy and relief and a sense of closure,” Palmer said during a video call from Scotland. “The family suffered from Nazi persecution at this time so we did our best. We have been searching for years for these different paintings."
The return of Nazi-looted art remains a global problem according to the CEO of the Illinois Holocaust Museum.
“Many estimates say at one point there were as many as 600,000 pieces of looted art from mostly Jewish families during the Holocaust,” said Bernard Cherkasov.
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Cherkasov estimates that as many as 100,000 pieces have not been recovered.
“There are a hundred thousand objects the represent lives that were lived…histories…some of them are portraits of actual family members that still have not been reunited," he said.
The Art Institute said its provenance checking team is one of the largest in the nation and is constantly reviewing the museum’s collection of more than 300,000 works of art.
“Woman with a Fan” has been removed from display and is being packed up for shipment to the Lewenstein family.
“It is so important that these artworks from the Nazi era are returned to their rightful owners and their descendants because in many cases, it is not about the art but it is about the link to the families that they once belonged to,” Cherkasov said.
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