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Picasso and Matisse masterpieces among Munich art find

German authorities have released some slides of more than 1,000 paintings found in a rubbish strewn...
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11:37 AM - 5 Nov 2013



Picasso and Matisse masterpiec...

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Picasso and Matisse masterpieces among Munich art find

TodayFM
TodayFM

11:37 AM - 5 Nov 2013



German authorities have released some slides of more than 1,000 paintings found in a rubbish strewn Munich apartment.

The works which are believed to have been stolen by the Nazi's include previously unknown masterpieces by Picasso, Matisse and Otto Dix.

German authorities have released more details of the spectacular find in the flat of Cornelius Gurlitt an elderly loner.

Mr Gurlitt's father was tasked by the Nazis with selling valuable works stolen from Jewish collectors.

Authorities say the 1,285 unframed and 121 framed paintings, sketches and prints date back to the 16th century.

 



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