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Horses in Landscape
Painting by Franz Marc
| Horses in Landscape | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Franz Marc |
| Year | 1911 |
| Medium | watercolour |
| Dimensions | 12.1 cm × 19.6 cm (4.8 in × 7.7 in) |
Horses in Landscape is a watercolour with pencil on paper by the German painter Franz Marc, executed in 1911. It is probably a study, which was thought to be lost, for the painting Blue Horses (1911). The painting became known worldwide on the occasion of the Schwabing art discovery in November 2013. It was one of the first eleven works to be shown at a press conference by the Augsburg public prosecutor. The small-format work measures 12.1 × 19.6 cm.
Description
[edit]The three horses in the study, painted in a sideways position or from behind, are brown-blue in colour. They stand with their heads bowed to the left, in front of a mountainous landscape, which is vaulted by a sky with white clouds. The outlines of the horses reflect the mountains. T
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Art stolen by Nazis found in Germany
NEWS
AUGSBURG, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 05: Art historian Meike Hoffmann speaks to the media regarding the seizure in 2011 of 1,500 paintings from Cornelius Gurlitt on November 5, 2013 in Augsburg, Germany. According to media reports that broke the story on October 3, Gurlitt's father, Hildebrand Gurlitt, was an art dealer who oversaw the confiscations of what the Nazis termed 'degenerate art' in the 1930s and 1940s, mostly from Jewish collectors. Cornelius, the son, now in his 80s, reportedly hoarded the works, which include paintings by Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Emil Nolde and Max Liebermann, among many others, that have been missing since World War II. The works are now at a customs warehouse outside Munich and have an estimated value of EUR one billion. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 187158760 ORIG FILE ID: 186952355
Johannes Simon, Getty Imagesepa03946447 A handout combo picture made available by the Public Prosecutor'
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Gurlitt Collection
Art collection
The Gurlitt Collection (alternatively known as the "Gurlitt Trove", "Gurlitt Hoard", "Munich Art Hoard", "Schwabing Art Trove", "Schwabing Art Find", etc.) was a collection of around 1,500 art works inherited bygd Cornelius Gurlitt,[1] the son of one of Hitler's official art dealers, Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956), and which was funnen to have contained several artworks looted from Jews by the Nazis.[2][3]
Description
[edit]The collection attracted international interest in 2013 when it was announced as a sensational 2012 "Nazi loot discovery" by the media as a result of actions by officials of Augsburg in Cornelius Gurlitt's apartment in Schwabing, Munich, investigating Gurlitt on suspicion (later shown to be unfounded) of possible tax evasion. German authorities seized the entire collection, although Gurlitt was not detained.[1] Gurlitt repeatedly requested the return of the collection on the ground