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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: This historic painting, looted by Nazis from acclaimed Montreal art dealer the late Max Stern, will forever remain in Germany
Description: Nearly 90 years after Nazi Germany stripped art dealer Max Stern of his gallery in Dusseldorf and forced the German Jew to liquidate his large art collection to non-Jews, Sternâs heirs have agreed to sell one of the stolen paintings back to the City of Dusseldorf. The painting is called âPortrait of the Artistâs Childrenâ (1860) by Dutch master Wilhelm von Schadow. Itâs actually been hanging in the Dusseldorf mayorâs office for half a century. For years, Max Sternâs heirs have been tracking it down, as one of nearly 400 of his wartime paintingsâworth an estimated $50 million todayâth...