Houses by the Sea (Q122897600)
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painting by Egon Schiele (1914)
- Row of Houses
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Houses by the Sea |
painting by Egon Schiele (1914) |
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1914
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Eugenie “Jenny” Steiner, née Pulitzer (1863–1958), was the owner of a silk manufactory and an art collector. In 1938, immediately after the Anschluss, she fled from the National Socialists to Paris, later emigrating to the USA. Egon Schiele’s cityscape Houses by the Sea (Row of Houses), a painting from Jenny Steiner’s collection, was confiscated and sold by the National Socialists in 1938. It was put up for auction at the Dorotheum in 1940, but initially found no buyer. In 1941, it was put up for auction again at the Dorotheum and purchased by Josefine Ernst. Her son, Johann Ernst, sold the painting to Rudolf Leopold in 1955. (English)
1 October 2023
On 20 February, the Green Party held a press conference saying that Dr Leopold was wrongly holding the paintings. The Leopold issued a press release the next day, saying that when Dr Leopold bought Houses in 1953, he had in fact known that Jenny Steiner was the former owner, but had not known that she was Jewish. (English)
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2012
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« Eugenie “Jenny” Steiner, née Pulitzer (1863–1958), was the owner of a silk manufactory and an art collector. In 1938, immediately after the Anschluss, she fled from the National Socialists to Paris, later emigrating to the USA. Egon Schiele’s cityscape Houses by the Sea (Row of Houses), a painting from Jenny Steiner’s collection, was confiscated and sold by the National Socialists in 1938. It was put up for auction at the Dorotheum in 1940, but initially found no buyer. In 1941, it was put up for auction again at the Dorotheum and purchased by Josefine Ernst. Her son, Johann Ernst, sold the painting to Rudolf Leopold in 1955. Since then, the painting Houses by the Sea (Row of Houses) has belonged to the core of the Leopold Collection for Rudolf Leopold, who successfully championed the work of Egon Schiele throughout his life.Since the painting is undoubtedly the property of the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, but it was just as clearly seized from Jenny Steiner in 1938, it was an important concern of the Leopold Museum to find a joint solution with the heirs after Jenny Steiner.After long negotiations, it was initially possible in 2011 to reach a fair and equitable solution with Jenny Steiner’s only granddaughter.In 2012, a joint solution was also found with the other groups of heirs. » (English)
1 October 2023
VIENNA.- The Leopold Museum Private Foundation announced that negotiations in the case Jenny Steiner / ”Häuser am Meer” have reached a favorable conclusion: Following strenuous efforts, a settlement has been reached with the only granddaughter of Jenny Steiner. The Leopold Museum Private Foundation has pledged to pay Jenny Steiner’s heir the sum of 5 million dollars for her 1/3 share (English)