The Goudstikker Collection
Reclaimed: paintings from the collection of Jacques Goudstikker
15 March–2 August 2009
Jewish Museum
1109 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10128 USA
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/
This exhibition presents rarely-seen Old Master paintings drawn from the collection of Jacques Goudstikker, a preeminent art dealer in Amsterdam prior to World War II. In 1940, Goudstikker was forced to flee war-torn Europe with his family, yet died in a tragic accident while escaping the Nazi invasion. He left behind approximately 1,400 works of art in his gallery, which were looted by Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring. After years of unsuccessful attempts to recover these paintings, his family recently reclaimed 200 paintings from the Dutch government. Nearly fifty of the finest pieces—including Dutch Old Master works and Italian and Northern Renaissance paintings—have been selected for a touring exhibition that will showcase the eye of Jacques Goudstikker and emphasize the importance of both the artworks and their historic restitution. Photographs and documents, including Goudstikker’s gallery inventory notebook, will illuminate Goudstikker’s fascinating story.
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/goudstikker
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