Camille Pissarro
artist
US court rules Nazi-looted Pissarro painting belongs to Spain
The decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the heirs of Lilly Cassirer with few options to pursue their restitution claim
US Supreme Court sends dispute over Nazi-looted Pissarro back to California court, reopening door for restitution claim
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision, written by Justice Elena Kagan, revolved around the question of which jurisdiction’s law to apply in cases where a foreign government is sued in US court
In US Supreme Court hearing over Nazi-looted Pissarro, justices question Spanish museum’s position
The latest chapter in the 20-year dispute over a painting currently in the collection of a Madrid museum suggests the case may head back to a California appeals court
US Supreme Court will hear case of Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
The decades-long dispute between the heirs of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation is embroiled in procedural questions about foreign sovereigns’ liabilities in US courts
Berlin museum restitutes—and then buys back—Nazi-looted Pissarro painting
The work was bought by Armand Dorville, a Jewish lawyer, but his heirs were forced to sell it at an auction in France
Pissarro, the ‘hidden leader’ of Impressionism, reassessed at the Kunstmuseum Basel
This major exhibition comprises nearly 200 works by the multicultural artist who remained an outsider in Paris despite his central role in the movement
French heir renounces title to Nazi-looted Pissarro painting found in Oklahoma
The Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep will return this summer to the University of Oklahoma, which will seek a French partner for future exchanges
Pissarro predicted that Van Gogh 'would either go mad or leave the Impressionists far behind'
Fresh evidence of Camille’s admiration for Vincent: an unpublished document reveals he owned the Dutch artist’s portrait of their paintseller friend Père Tanguy
Can mediation save a sharing settlement over Nazi-looted Pissarro?
A Paris court has ordered Léone-Noëlle Meyer and the University of Oklahoma to return to the negotiating table
US museums groups raise concerns as settlement deal over Nazi-looted Pissarro heads back to court
The work, returned to the French heiress Léone-Noëlle Meyer in 2016, was meant to go back on display at Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum next year
US appeals court rules—with regret—that Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation can keep Nazi-looted Pissarro
Judges noted the Spanish government, which signed the Washington Principles in 1998, “can preen as moralistic in its declarations”, yet not be bound by them
Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection can keep a painting that the Nazis stole, US judge rules
The judge says the work should have raised suspicions, but that he must apply Spanish law
Top five acquisitions of the month
Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter museum collections worldwide, from Van Dyck’s portrait of a princess bride to a rare painting by a Brazilian Modernist
Paris court orders US collector to turn over Pissarro painting
The work, seized by the pro-Nazi Vichy government, had been lent to an exhibition at the Musée Marmottan
New retrospective in Paris for Pissarro, the first of the Impressionists
This will be one of three exhibitions on Pissarro in Europe this year, providing unparalleled access to the artist's greatest works
Restitution case targets Thyssen museum
But it may not be legally possible to sue Spain in the US courts