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Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation: Application of Spanish Law of Adverse Possession Vests Title to Pissaro Painting in Spanish Museum, Not Original Owner’s Heirs

By Kevin P. Ray on July 9, 2015 Posted in Art Recovery, Stolen Art

In 1926, Lilly Cassirer Neubauer inherited a painting by Camille Pissaro, Rue St. Honore, apres midi, effet de pluie (1897). As German Jews, Lilly and her husband were subjected to the discriminatory racial laws of the Third Reich. They fled Germany in 1939, but as a condition … Continue Reading