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.

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.

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.

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