Post by anakvr on Aug 2, 2006 11:51:19 GMT -5
U.S. Returns Pictures of German Painter Heinrich Bürkel to Germany
Ambassador Timken returned three paintings by the German painter Heinrich Buerkel (1802-1869) to the city of Pirmasens on February 10, 2006. The paintings are property of the Buerkel Gallery of the Pirmasens Museums in Germany. They were part of a grouping of paintings stolen at the conclusion of World War II and brought to the U.S. by unknown subjects, valued at approximately $125,000. The FBI Art Theft Program facilitated the return of the paintings.
Ambassador Timken presented the paintings to the Lord Mayor of the city of Pirmasens, Dr. Bernhard Matheis. The chief of the FBI Major Theft Unit in Washington, D.C., Eric B. Ives, and the director of the Pirmasens Museums, Heike Wittmer, were also present.
About the Paintings
The paintings titled "Amalfi Cave" (circa 1845), "After the Hunt" (circa 1830) and "The Horse Round-up" (circa 1861-1863), were acquired by the Pirmasens Museums in 1925. They were exhibited in the museum until they were taken to the Husterhoh School after May 13, 1942 to protect them from allied bombing. On September 19, 1945 the museum reported that "about 50 paintings which had been stored in the air-raid shelter at Husterhoh school during the war have been lost during the arrival of the American troops on March 22, 1945.”
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berlin.usembassy.gov/germany/hbuerkel.html
Amalfi Cave
berlin.usembassy.gov/germany/img/assets/16996/painting2_1000.jpg
Ambassador Timken returned three paintings by the German painter Heinrich Buerkel (1802-1869) to the city of Pirmasens on February 10, 2006. The paintings are property of the Buerkel Gallery of the Pirmasens Museums in Germany. They were part of a grouping of paintings stolen at the conclusion of World War II and brought to the U.S. by unknown subjects, valued at approximately $125,000. The FBI Art Theft Program facilitated the return of the paintings.
Ambassador Timken presented the paintings to the Lord Mayor of the city of Pirmasens, Dr. Bernhard Matheis. The chief of the FBI Major Theft Unit in Washington, D.C., Eric B. Ives, and the director of the Pirmasens Museums, Heike Wittmer, were also present.
About the Paintings
The paintings titled "Amalfi Cave" (circa 1845), "After the Hunt" (circa 1830) and "The Horse Round-up" (circa 1861-1863), were acquired by the Pirmasens Museums in 1925. They were exhibited in the museum until they were taken to the Husterhoh School after May 13, 1942 to protect them from allied bombing. On September 19, 1945 the museum reported that "about 50 paintings which had been stored in the air-raid shelter at Husterhoh school during the war have been lost during the arrival of the American troops on March 22, 1945.”
story
berlin.usembassy.gov/germany/hbuerkel.html
Amalfi Cave
berlin.usembassy.gov/germany/img/assets/16996/painting2_1000.jpg
