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Gustav Klimt, The Stolen Paintings
Hosted by
Laura Craven
Originally aired on
Monday, June 19th, 2006
Host Laura Craven goes behind the scenes of the L.A. County Museum's special exhibition Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer (through June 30, 2006). Following a long legal dispute over the rightful ownership of the Klimt paintings stolen by the Nazi regime over sixty years ago, these five masterpieces from the early 1900's were returned to the family of Maria Altmann of Los Angeles, the niece of original owners Adele and Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer of Vienna. Stephanie Barron, Senior Curator of Modern Art at LACMA, tells the story of these paintings and the museum's role in facilitating their return.
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