ANTON Romak
Countess Kyufshteyn at the easel
Source: bloomberg.com

Austrian Rudolf Leopold Museum allowed restorative dispute with the heirs of two paintings by Anton Romak (Anton Romako). Work "Castle Grayllenshtayn" and "Countess Kyufshteyn at the easel" refers to the collection of Maurice Ayzlera (Moriz Eisler). Collector who lived in Brno, in 1939, was arrested along with two brothers for the "lack of respect for the Fuhrer" and his art collection was seized by the Gestapo. Ayzler survived Auschwitz, and in 1945 he returned to Brno.

Leopold Museum has recognized that the paintings from the collection of Romak Ayzlera subject to restitution of illegally seized as property. For its part, the four heirs Ayzlera living now in the Czech Republic, agreed with the statement that the collector Rudolf Leopold knew that the paintings stolen. As a result, the Leopold Museum has paid some compensation to the heirs, to leave work Romak in its permanent collection. For an undisclosed amount.

Shortly before this case Leopold Museum is also settled dispute with the heir to the collector Jenny Steiner . She will pay $ 5 million compensation for Egon Schiele painting, "Houses on the sea».

If you think about where the Viennese museum lacks funds to pay such high compensation, then the answer will lie on the surface: it you have to sell other works from his collection at auction, with no work-through. So, last week at Sotheby's for Egon Schiele painting, "Houses with colorful linens (Suburban II)» Museum rescued 40 million dollars . The work became the most expensive work by Schiele, sold at public auction.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru