Cornelius Gurlitt wants to return to his collection
ARTinvestment.RU   19 ноября 2013

Collector reclusive told reporters Der Spiegel, that he considers himself the rightful owner of all the works in 1406. Cornelius does not see the crime in the actions of his father Hildebrant Gurlitt for him he's a hero

Those who were considered missing , hiding and almost dead , was released on bond. Cornelius Gurlitt , in Munich whose apartment was found in 1406 works of art , collected by his father, gave an interview to Der Spiegel. The Collector said the reclusive collection belonging to him by right and demands its return .

In February 2012, the apartment Cornelius Gurlitt with a warrant in the hands of the customs officers infiltrated the police (according to him , there were about 30 people) . However, until now Gurlitt not put up with what happened . He does not understand by what right his paintings were seized. He never did not buy anything , but just kept that fell to him by inheritance from his father. And his father, an art dealer Hildebrant Gurlitt , it respects and does not believe that he could commit criminal acts . Cornelius insists that his father never buy anything from private individuals . All work came to the father of the museums or art dealers . Hildebrant Gurlitt collaborated with the Nazis only in order to save the paintings from destruction. He saved them from the Nazis by bombing from the Americans and Russian . People should be grateful to him for that. "It is possible that he and offered something private, but he definitely has rejected these proposals - he would find it unacceptable," - said Cornelius .

Now Cornelius laments the fact that did not save the treasure of his father. Keeping the collection was the work of his life, his paintings were only friends . He holil and cherished them , every night revising their favorite things . Since 1963, Cornelius did not watch TV, he heard about the existence of the Internet, but never used it . For his infrequent visits to the doctor in another city , he made ​​a reservation and the hotel by e-mail , printing application for the armor on a typewriter. Contact with the outside world are minimized . The current paparazzi harassment oppress him: " I ​​am not a murderer , so why do not they give me the rest? " Cornelius Gurlitt hates Munich - " the source of all evil," the cradle of Nazism. And evil still lives in the city , - the son of an art dealer . Had he lived in another place ( away from the Swiss border , where he attracted the attention of the customs clearance check) , none of this would happen. To blame my mother , who has decided to move to the Schwabing .

According to Cornelius , the government recently sent him a letter in which he said that part of the works will be returned to him . But what exactly will this work has not been said . The Government of the reclusive collector does not respect . "Who do you have to be to expose my private property all for show ? " - Commented Gurlitt publication of his pictures in the newspapers. He does not need anything from the state. According to Cornelius , he regularly paid the taxes on the property, but never received a pension and never used by health insurance .

To cover the cost of treatment , he sold some of the work . In this case, an employee of Cologne auction house Lempertz, where in 2011 Cornelius brought the work of Max Beckmann's " lion tamer ", was very respectful with it . The issue was settled with the heirs amicably , from the proceeds of the work of 725,000 euros 400,000 went Gurlitt , and the rest ( less than half) were the heirs .

Cornelius Gurlitt convinced that all of this - a misunderstanding, which will soon be resolved , and all the pictures he returned. He really misses him. The collector would not give them any museum in the world - they have and so full of things that they can exhibit . "When I die , they can do with them whatever they want ." But until then, they are his , and his alone .

Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI

Source : spiegel.de , artinvestment.ru