Ruling upholds controversial decision by the beleaguered Dutch Restitutions Committee but counters an independent review CATHERINE HICKLEY 16th December 2020 18:22 GMT Kandinsky's Painting With Houses (1909) Stedelijk Museum An Amsterdam court has rejected a claim by the heirs of Emanuel Lewenstein, a Jewish sewing-machine trader, for a 1909 painting by Wassily Kandinsky in the Stedelijk Museum, upholding a widely contested recommendation issued by the Dutch Restitutions Comm

[THIS IS AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE ORIGINAL DUTCH ARTICLE "Amsterdam hoeft schilderij van Kandinsky niet terug te geven" PUBLISHED ON THE TROUW ON DECEMBER 16, 2020] (https://www.trouw.nl/cultuur-media/amsterdam-hoeft-schilderij-van-kandinsky-niet-terug-te-geven~bc719999/) Looted or not? In any case, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam does not have to return a painting by Wassily Kandinsky to the Lewenstein family. Harmen van Dijk December 16, 2020 , 13:27 The painting Bi

Roofkunst of niet? Het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam hoeft een schilderij van Wassily Kandinsky in elk geval niet terug te geven aan de familie Lewenstein. Harmen van Dijk16 december 2020, 13:27 Het schilderij Bild mit Häusern van Wassily Kandinsky.Beeld EPA De Joodse familie Lewenstein had tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog het kleurrijke werk van Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Bild mit Häusern’, nooit willen verkopen. Het gebeurde onder dwang, zeggen de erfgenamen. Al tien jaar zijn ze be

AFP - Agence France Presse December 16, 2020 A Dutch court threw out a case on Wednesday brought by the heirs of a Jewish art collector to reclaim a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was sold during World War II. Descendants of Amsterdam businessman and modern art aficionado Emmanuel Lewenstein went to court to get back Kandinsky's 1909 work "Painting with Houses". Their move came after the Dutch Restitutions Committee -- which rules in cases of artefacts looted during th

A court has decided that an Amsterdam museum can keep a painting sold by the Lewenstein family during Nazi occupation, raising questions about art restitution. Kandinsky's 'Painting With Houses' An Amsterdam court has ruled on Wednesday that the city’s Stedelijk Museum does not have to return the 1909 painting by Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of its original Jewish owners. The work by the avant-garde artist, titled Painting with Houses, was sold to the museum

December 16, 2020 Kandinsky’s Bild mit Häusern An Amsterdam court has decided to uphold an earlier decision by the Restitution Committee not to return the painting Bild mit Häusern by Wassily Kandinsky to the heirs of former owner Robert Lewenstein, despite a recent report slating the committee’s work. The family and the Amsterdam local authorities, which own the painting, have been locked in a battle over ownership since 2012. The Lewenstein family claims the painting, which

In a Surprise Ruling, a Dutch Court Said the Stedelijk Can Keep a Kandinsky That a Jewish Family Says Was Sold Under Duress in 1940 The controversial decision upholds a ruling made in 2018. Kate Brown, December 16, 2020 Wassily Kandinsky, Painting with Houses (Bild mit Häusern) (1909). Courtesy of the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. A court in Amsterdam has ruled that Wassily Kandinsky’s Bild mit Häusern (1909), which was claimed by the heirs of a Jewish man to which it belonged

A Dutch court has rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940 By The Associated Press 16 December 2020, 07:25 THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940

Dutch court refuses to return painting to Jewish heirs By Associated Press Dec. 16, 2020 at 7:28 a.m. EST THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court on Wednesday rejected a restitution case brought by heirs of a Jewish family that originally owned a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was bought by the city of Amsterdam at an auction in 1940. Amsterdam District Court upheld a 2018 ruling by the Netherlands’ restitution committee that the artwork titled “Painting With Houses,” whic

December 11, 2020 by Angelica Villa Alessandro Botticelli, Christ on the Cross adored by Saints Monica, Augustine, Mary Magdalen, Jerome and Bridget of Sweden Courtesy Sotheby’s On Thursday, Sotheby’s staged its end of season old masters evening sale at its London headquarters which brought in £10.6 million ($14.2 million), across 23 lots. The evening sale saw a sell-through rate of 72.4 percent, and fell short of its estimate pre-sale hammer price of £9.5 million-£14.4 milli