Will a Looted Pissarro End Up in Oklahoma, or France?
A painting by the French Impressionist artist, with a back story of plunder and family tragedy, is at the center of courtroom battles on both sides of the Atlantic.
“Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep,” an 1886 painting by Pissaro, was looted from Léone Meyer’s family by the Nazis.Credit...Musée d’Orsay
Dec. 17, 2020
PARIS — For more than 70 years, Léone Meyer’s family has fought to reclaim a looted painting, and yet she cannot bear the thought of displaying it in her Left Bank home, across from the River Seine.