Museums Won’t Return Grosz Paintings

The son of pre-war Berlin artist George Grosz is asking museums in Europe, Asia and the United States to return several of his father’s paintings they acquired decades ago. So far, the museums have ignored the requests, arguing the works were obtained legally and not under dubious circumstances as claimed by Grosz’s son, Marty Grosz.

Grosz, who lives in the US city of Philadelphia, has termed their refusal “awfully unjust.” He dreams of a museum honouring his father being set up in Berlin.

According to Grosz, the prices paid for many of the paintings, many also confiscated by the Nazis, “were pitifully low.” More from the Earth Times here.