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Over two years after a significant controversy erupted, Zurich’s leading art museum, the Kunsthaus, has decided to remove five paintings from a prestigious exhibit. This decision follows growing suspicions that these artworks were stolen by the Nazis from their original Jewish owners. The removal of the paintings will now allow for a thorough investigation into their origins.

The artworks include pieces by renowned artists such as Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh. 2 View gallery Kunsthaus museum ( Photo: EQRoy / Shutterstock ) A few years ago, serious doubts arose about the origins of paintings in the extensive and esteemed Emil Bührle Collection. Bührle, a Swiss citizen born in Germany, made his fortune as an arms dealer during World War II by selling weapons to the Nazis.



The recent decision to remove some paintings follows new guidelines on handling many artworks that have yet to be returned to the descendants of their original owners, who were forced to sell them to the Nazis or had them stolen. The five scrutinized artworks are "The Artist's Garden at Giverny" by Claude Monet, "Portrait of the Sculptor Louis-Joseph" by Gustave Courbet, "Portrait of Georges-Henri Manuel" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, "The Old Tower" by Vincent van Gogh, and "The Climbing Path" by Paul Gauguin. The board of the Emil Bührle Collection Foundation stated, "We are committed to finding a fair solution for these works with the legal heirs of the original owners.

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