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French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot stands next to the painting Rosebushes under the Trees by Austrian painter Gustav Klimt, during an event to announce the restitution of the artwork to a Jewish family from which it had been despoiled in 1938, at the Musee d Orsay in Paris, France Photograph:( Reuters ) Story highlights Rose Bushes Under Trees , painted by the Austrian artist around 1904-05, will be returned to the family of Holocaust victim Nora Stiasny, who had to sell the painting at a knockdown price to survive financially after the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938 French Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot has announced that the country will return a masterpiece by Gustav Klimt to the heirs of its owner, more than 80 years after she was forced to sell it in the Nazi era. ....
LIFE / CULTURE By AFP Published: Mar 17, 2021 05:03 PM People view The Bride by Gustav Klimt at the Upper Belvedere in Vienna, Austria, on July 1, 2020. The Upper Belvedere reopened to visitors on Wednesday after a temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)France will return a painting by Gustav Klimt to the Jewish family from which it was looted by Austrian Nazis in 1938. Rose Bushes Under Trees, painted by the Austrian artist around 1904-05, will be returned to the family of Holocaust victim Nora Stiasny, France s culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said on Monday. The restoration of looted items is an ardent obligation. It is the honor of the Republic to do so, the honor of France, she said. ....