German Casino Returns Nazi-looted Painting to University Heirs of Stern Estate

Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) -

Amsterdam Museum Pays Special Tribute to Portrait Painter
of

Dutch Golden Age

Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, acting on behalf of the
executors of the Estate of Dr. Max Stern
[http://www.concordia.ca/campus-life/arts-and-culture/max-stern ] and
its three university beneficiaries (Concordia, McGill
University/Montreal, Hebrew University/Jerusalem) announces the
restitution of a painting belonging to the German-Jewish art dealer.
The return of The Masters of the Goldsmith Guild in Amsterdam in 1701
[http://flickr.com/gp/concordiauniversity/6xkz0y ] by Dutch portrait
painter, Juriaen Pool II (1665-1745), will take place on Tuesday,
October 25, 2011 at 10:00am (Central European Time) at The Amsterdam
Museum, St Luciënsteeg 27, Amsterdam.

The location of the ceremony is particularly significant as the
Dutch museum has an extraordinary connection to the artist who lived
in the 17th century building which was an orphanage and is now a
newly-opened children's museum.

The Pool painting is the ninth Nazi-looted artwork to be returned
to the university heirs. It was learned that this large-scale
painting of some of Amsterdam's most important citizens had been with
the Galerie Stern as late as 1937 when it moved to the Galerie
Heinemann in Wiesbaden. In the years after the Second World War it
was acquired by a casino in southern Germany where it has been ever
since.

Concordia University remains hopeful there will be equally
positive outcomes from ongoing discussions with a number of other
German organizations, including some major museums, who also possess
Stern works.

Dr. Max Stern (1904-1987) was forced to dissolve his Düsseldorf
art gallery business during the Nazi period. Following World War II,
he settled permanently in Montreal, Canada where he became one of the
country's most important art dealers and collectors. He bequeathed
the bulk of his estate to three major universities. The Max Stern Art
Restitution Project is spearheaded by Concordia through the Office of
the President, working in close collaboration with the Holocaust
Claims Processing Office as well as with numerous institutions and
government agencies worldwide including the Art Loss Register,
Interpol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Related Link:

Concordia University Media Relations [http://www.concordia.ca/no
w/media-relations/press-releases/20111024/german-company-returns-nazi
-looted-painting-to-stern-estate.php ] High-resolution image of the
painting [http://flickr.com/gp/concordiauniversity/6xkz0y ] Max Stern
Restitution Project
[http://www.concordia.ca/campus-life/arts-and-culture/max-stern ]

Media Contact:
Dr. Clarence Epstein
Director, Special Projects/Cultural Affairs
Office of the President
Concordia University
Clarence.epstein@concordia.ca
Source:
Fiona Downey
Media Relations Advisor
Concordia University
Phone: +1-514-848-2424, ext. 2518
Cell: +1-514-518-3336
Fax: +1-514-848-3383
Email: fdowney@alcor.concordia.ca

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