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US returns Egon Schiele art stolen by Nazis to heirs

2023-09-21 10:27
Jewish performer Fritz Grünbaum, who owned the Egon Schiele pieces, was killed by the Nazis in 1941.
US returns Egon Schiele art stolen by Nazis to heirs

The US has returned seven artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the heirs of a Jewish cabaret star who owned them before he was killed by the Nazis in 1941.

Fritz Grünbaum's family had sought the return of his Schiele pieces for more than two decades.

Valued at between $780,000 (£633...