Karl Grünwald (Q4151033)
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Austrian art collector (1887-1964), expropriated by Nazis
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Karl Grünwald |
Austrian art collector (1887-1964), expropriated by Nazis |
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The painting had been bought shortly after the first world war by Karl Grünwald, a Jewish art, textiles and antiques dealer based in Vienna. He had served as Schiele's superior officer during the first world war, and had helped get the man he recognised as a genius diverted from the front line and appointed a war artist. Friends The men became friends. Grünwald modelled for the artist, and the men's families holidayed together in the summer before Schiele succumbed to influenza in 1918. In 1938, Grünwald and his family fled Austria in the wake of the anschluss, and reached Paris. Grünwald tried to safeguard his art collection, but it was confiscated by the Nazis in Strasbourg, where it had been put in storage. In 1942 it was auctioned off "from the back of a truck to raise cash", according to Christie's European president, Jussi Pylkkänen. There was no record of what had become of them. Grünwald lost his wife and one of his four children in a concentration camp during the war. He spent the rest of his life trying to get his collection back. After his death aged 80 in 1964, his surviving children, especially his son Frédéric, took up the search. (English)
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- enwiki Karl Grunwald
- ruwiki Грюнвальд, Карл