Cornelius Gurlitt

German collector leaves Nazi-looted art to museum in Switzerland

The 81-year-old German art collector Cornelius Gurlitt, whose uncovered trove of early 20th-century works shocked the world last fall, made the Bern Art Museum in Switzerland his sole heir.

May 7, 2014 4:51 pm

German owner of stolen Jewish art dies at 81

The elderly recluse whose Munich apartment contained a secret hoard of Nazi-looted art masterpieces died following a heart operation.

May 6, 2014 1:05 pm

German collector of art stash says he’ll return some works

A Nazi-looted Matisse painting reportedly will be returned to the heirs of a Paris art dealer by the German man who stashed it in his apartment for decades.

March 27, 2014 1:26 pm