U.S. judge rules Spanish museum can keep Pissarro confiscated by NazisYears of litigationA Madrid museum cannot be forced to return a Camille Pissarro painting that was seized by the Nazis from its Jewish owners during World War Two, despite the institution’s failure to honor its “moral commitments,” a federal judge in California has ruled.U.S. District Judge John Walter said he was bound by Spanish law in the nearly two-decade fight between heirs of Lilly Cassirer and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection (TBC) over the Paris street scene painted by Pissarro in 1897. “Accordingly, after considering all of the evidence and arguments of the parties, the court concludes that TBC is the lawful owner of the painting,” Walter wrote, because the museum purchased it in good faith from a Swiss industrialist. After Spain rejected that petition in 2005, family members sued the museum in U.S. District Court in California, touching off years of litigation. Register to advertise your products & services on our classifieds website Digger.co.ke and enjoy one month subscription free of charge and 3 free ads on the Standard newspaper.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2019 05:03 UTC