Friedrich Welz (Q1462781)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Austrian art dealer, publisher, Nazi party member (1903-1980)
- Welz, Friedrich Maximilian
- Friedrich Maximilian Welz
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Friedrich Welz |
Austrian art dealer, publisher, Nazi party member (1903-1980) |
|
Statements
1 reference
2 references
Friedrich Welz (German)
0 references
Friedrich Maximilian Welz (German)
0 references
2 November 1903Gregorian
2 references
5 February 1980
2 references
1 reference
alzburg, Galerie Welz, Baldur von Schirachs persönlicher Agent für Kunstankäufe in Paris, Kontakt von Mohnen (German)
2 references
2 references
1 reference
1 reference
1 reference
1 reference
1 reference
1 reference
Kerschbaumer's book scrutinises the activities of Friedrich Welz (1903-1980), a Salzburg art dealer who thrived under the Nazi regime. (English)
1 reference
Welz, Friedrich. Salzburg, Galerie Welz. Baldur von Schirach’s personal agent for art purchases in France. Contact of Mohnen. (English)
1 reference
United States forces occupied Austria in May 1945, after the end of World War II in Europe. (Joint 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 26.) They arrested and detained Welz for approximately two years. (3/10/08 Levin Decl. Ex. 11 at LM 0584.) They also seized Welz's property, including artworks he acquired from Bondi and the Rieger collection. (See Joint 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 33; 3/10/08 Levin Decl. Ex. 11 at LM 0584.) While the parties dispute the timing and circumstances of the seizure (LM 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 14; Joint 56.1 Stmt. ¶¶ 32-33), they acknowledge that, by military decree, United States forces were authorized to seize various categories of property, including property belonging to the Third Reich, Austrian Public Institutions, and all persons detained by the military. (Joint 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 27.) Nor do they dispute that Wally was among the seized property. (LM Counter 56.1 Stmt. ¶ 32.) (English)
1 reference
Welz, Friedrich. Salzburg, Galerie Welz. Baldur von Schirach’s personal agent for art purchases in France. Contact of Mohnen. (English)
1 reference
In 1938, when Austria was annexed to Germany, Rieger faced persecution and was forced to sell his collection, a portion of which ended up in the hands of Nazi-era art dealer Friedrich Welz. After being deported, Rieger died in 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In 1944, his wife Berta died in Auschwitz. Their son Robert, who died in 1985, survived persecution and fled to France and then New York in 1939 with his wife and daughter. (English)
2 references
1 reference
1 reference
Salzburg, Galerie Welz, Baldur von Schirachs persönlicher Agent für Kunstankäufe in Paris, Kontakt von Mohnen (German)
1 reference
In 1938, when Austria was annexed to Germany, Rieger faced persecution and was forced to sell his collection, a portion of which ended up in the hands of Nazi-era art dealer Friedrich Welz. After being deported, Rieger died in 1942 in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. In 1944, his wife Berta died in Auschwitz. Their son Robert, who died in 1985, survived persecution and fled to France and then New York in 1939 with his wife and daughter.The work’s provenance does not contain information about its whereabouts between 1938 and 1965. It resurfaced on the market in 1965, when Brazilian collector Walter Geyerhahn sold it to the Swiss art dealer Marianne Feilchenfeldt. Records indicate that Feilchenfeldt facilitated its sale and subsequent gift to the city of Cologne through the Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in April 1966 for 18,000 Deutsche Marks.Over the past decade, other works by Schiele from the Rieger collection have also been subject to restitution claims. In November, the artist’s painting Wayside Shrine (1907) was confiscated by Austrian authorities ahead of its scheduled sale at the Viennese auction house Dorotheum, where it was estimated at $45,000. During the war, the painting went directly to Welz, who sold off most of the Rieger collection. (English)
Identifiers
1 reference
1 reference
1 reference
Sitelinks
Wikipedia(2 entries)
- dewiki Friedrich Welz
- enwiki Friedrich Welz