16 mai 2010
SMU's Meadows Museum has Art Nazis' Stole in World War II
Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Saint Rufina, c. 1665, oil on canvas, 36 3/4 x 26 1/8 in. AP Photo/Meadows Museum, SMU Dallas.
DALLAS, TX (AP).- Southern Methodist University's Meadow's Museum has learned that three of its well-known paintings were among the millions of artworks Nazis Germany stole from Jewish families more than 65 years ago. The founder of the Dallas-based Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art discovered the paintings' connection to World War II plunder while doing research for two books. Robert... [Lire la suite]