7 Egon Schiele portraits to be returned to heirs of Jewish cabaret star murdered in the Holocaust
In 1938, Grünbaum and his wife were arrested by the Nazis and forced to sign a document giving her power of attorney; forcing them to sign a paper claiming they voluntarily turned over the art.
Portrait of Arthur Roessler (1914) by Egon Schiele. Original male line art drawing from The MET museum. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.(photo credit: PUBLIC DOMAIN/ WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA