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image captionRosiers sous les Arbres is the only painting by Gustav Klimt owned by the French state, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said
France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to the heirs of the Jewish family that was forced to sell it by the Nazis.
French culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said restoring it to its rightful owners was an acknowledgement of the crimes they suffered.
She said the painting bore witness to the broken lives of the Nazi era.
The French state bought the work, its only Klimt, in 1980 without realising its history.
France to return Klimt art taken by Nazis to owners heirs
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France to return its only Klimt to Jewish family forced to sell the painting by the Nazis
Heirs of a Jewish collector in Vienna forced to sell a Klimt by the Nazis have hailed France s move to return the work as extraordinary
16 March 2021 • 12:13pm
Unaware of its dark history, the French state bought Rosiers sous les Arbres in 1980
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France is to return a painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt to its rightful heirs - a Jewish family who were forced to sell it by the Nazis.
The family has hailed the move as “extraordinary and unparalleled”.
France is to give back a landscape by Gustav Klimt in its national collection to the heirs of the Jewish family who were forced to sell it by the Nazis more than 80 years ago.Rosiers sous les Arbres (