Two Riders on the Beach (Q17271987)
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painting by Max Liebermann looted from Jewish collector found in Gurlitt Collection
- Horseman on the beach
- Two riders on the beach to the left
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Two Riders on the Beach |
painting by Max Liebermann looted from Jewish collector found in Gurlitt Collection |
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The Nazis forced Friedmann to sell his possessions to them. In 1938, that included passing his country estate to a high-ranking Nazi official, who had also been a family friend.Toren was there, made to wait outside, in a room where the Liebermann hung, as his great uncle signed the legal papers. He found himself captivated by the painting, staring at it. (English)
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In 2012, in an event that made headlines around the world, Hildebrand Gurlitt' son, Cornelius Gurlitt, was discovered to have a secret stash of paintings. The 2012 Munich artworks discovery led to the rediscovery of Two Riders on the Beach. The surviving family of David Friedman recognized the looted painting and demanded its return, which took place in 2015. "David Toren remembers staring at Max Liebermann’s Two Riders on a Beach as his great-uncle signed over his estate to a Nazi general. Now his family has it back."[5][6] (English)
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Andrea Baresel-Brand, the director of the provenance investigation, revealed that ultimately out of 1,039 works being researched there were 12 in the Gurlitt Dossier that were proven or highly likely to have been looted. These included Seated Woman, Rosenberg’s missing Matisse, and a painting by Max Liebermann, Two Riders on a Beach, which had been forcibly sold to the Nazis by the Jewish art collector David Friedmann. Of the works investigated, 297 were tentatively classified as “degenerate,” seized by the Nazis from museums or from private owners. More than 100 were simply unclassifiable—they had gaps in their provenance that meant they couldn’t be cleared, but neither could they be deemed suspicious. (English)