Showing posts with label Art Editors Syndicate. Show all posts
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Jul 29, 2019

What does it mean to find André Schoeller in the provenance of an artwork?


André Schoeller in 1946 ALIU Red Flag Network

The investigators of the Art Looting Investigation Unit linked the name of André Schoeller to notorious Nazi art looters Bruno Lohse and Adolf Wuester, as well as a highly suspicious art dealer named Petrides.  

What does it mean to find André Schoeller in the provenance of an artwork? Or as the author of a catalog which contains provenance information?

To which person does the name "André Schoeller" refer?


There is the André Schoeller (1879–1955) who was arrested for his role in Nazi art looting during the Occupation, and there is his son, also named André Schoeller, who died in 2015 amid praise for his art expertise.


In this post we attempt to clarify the different André Schoeller(s), gathering archives, news articles and authority files. The update is ongoing...