
The Financial Times: Father Figure - Chagall looted by Nazis goes on display
Stephen Chung Friday October 7, 2022 A Chagall portrait of his father stolen by the Nazis and now part of French government's restitution efforts is put on display at Phillips auction house in London yesterday. "Le Pere" was owned by a Polish violin maker who survived Auschwitz. It was seized from him and its whereabouts were unknown for many years. When Chagall reacquired it for himself, as it was such an important work for him personally. France is taking action to restitut

The Times UK: Masterpiece looted by the Nazis to fetch £7 million
Stephen Chung October 7, 2022 A masterpiece by the French artist Marc Chagall that was returned to the family of a Jewish violin-maker 82 years after it was looted but the Nazis is expected to be sold for up to £7 million (Ali Mitib writes). The portrait of Chagall's father, Le Pere, belonged to David Cender before he was sent to Auschwitz with his wife and daughter in 1940. The painting was stolen from their home in Poland by the Gestapo. When it resurfaced in 1966, Chagall