France to Return Klimt Painting to Rightful Heirs After Nazi-Era Sale
The only painting by Gustav Klimt in the country’s national collection will be returned to the family of a Jewish woman who was forced to sell it. She died in the Holocaust.
Roselyne Bachelot, France’s Culture Minister, at an event to announce the restitution of Gustav Klmit’s “Rosebushes Under the Trees,” in Paris on Monday.Credit...Pool photo by Alain Jocard
March 15, 2021
PARIS — France will return the only painting by Gustav Klimt in its national collection to the heirs of Nora Stiasny, a Jewish woman who sold it under duress after the Nazis annexed Austria, France’s culture minister announced on Monday.