Savely Blumstein
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Savely Blumstein was a Jewish art collector from Riga.
Nazi era
[edit]The Gestapo confiscated valuable artworks from the Blumstein's home in 1941. He fled Nazi-occupied Latvia with his brother Salomon and sought refuge in the United States.[1][2][3]
Postwar
[edit]Blumstein died in 2009, leaving two sons, Neil and Philip.[4][3]
Claims and restitution
[edit]In 2013, a Chagall painting from his collection was found in the Gurlitt trove, the stash of artworks hidden by the son of Hitler's art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt.[5][6] Experts confirmed that "Allegorical Scene" painted by Chagall in the mid-1920 ,had been looted by the Nazis.[7][3]
The family has registered several paintings that were confiscated by the Gestapo on the German Lost Art Foundation database, including André Derain's, Portrait of a Girl,[8] Salomon van Ruysdael's Waterscape,[9] Dirck Hals Group Picture[10] and twenty others.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jewish News Dec. 23 2013 by United Jewish Federation of Tidewater - Issuu". issuu.com. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ↑ "Sur les traces des ayants droit d'un tableau de Chagall retrouvé dans le « trésor nazi »". Le Quotidien de l'Art (in French). 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- 1 2 3 "BILD löst das Rätsel des gestohlenen Chagalls - BILD magazine solves the mystery of the stolen Chagall". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ↑ Hoepf, Tom (2013-12-11). "Former owners of Nazi-looted Chagall painting identified". Auction Central News. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ↑ "Report: Chagall Painting From Munich Art Trove Belonged to Jewish Family". Haaretz. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ↑ "Le Chagall, retrouvé à Munich, a été volé par les nazis à des juifs". L'Express (in French). 2013-12-11. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ "Chagall work in German art trove 'was Nazi-looted'". www.lootedart.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
- ↑ "Portrait of a girl | Lost Art Database". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ "Waterscape | Lost Art Database". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2025-02-07.
- ↑ "Group picture | Lost Art Database". www.lostart.de. Retrieved 2025-02-07.