Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam

Art Institute to Return Painting Forcibly Sold During World War II to Heirs of Jewish Collector

The 1913 artwork “Woman with a Fan” by cubist painter Jean Metzinger is returning to the family of Jewish art collector after the museum discovered it was part of a forced sale during World War II.

Art Institute of Chicago to return looted Holocaust-era painting to family of persecuted art collector

The 1913 Jean Metzinger painting will return to the family of late art collector Emanuel Lewenstein, whose family was persecuted after Nazis took control of the Netherlands — and looted the work — amid World War II.

Art Institute of Chicago restitutes Metzinger painting sold in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam

The 1913 painting, “Woman With a Fan”, was one of a number of paintings from the Lewenstein collection to be auctioned in 1940 under unclear circumstances

Art Institute will return painting looted during World War II to heirs of Jewish art collector

The Cubist painting “Woman with a Fan” by Jean Metzinger will be returned to the heirs of the Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein.

Art Institute of Chicago will return painting looted during World War II to heirs of Jewish art collector

CHICAGO — For the past 30 years, descendants of Jewish art collectors whose works were looted by the Nazis during World War II have sought to reclaim stolen works of art. On Tuesday, the Art Institute of Chicago announced it is returning a 1913...