A version of the original Skaters, owned by PAFA, is on display.
A Gari Melchers’ painting, “Winter,” originally owned by the Mosse family in Berlin, Germany, and looted by the Nazis when they fled the country, has been repatriated to the owner’s heirs. As reported in a 2019 media release, the FBI seized the painting from the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, New York, who was unaware of its origins.
The painting’s successful restitution has been widely covered in the press. Here is an article sampling.
Gari Melchers painting stolen by Nazis is returned to family of original owners (The Free Lance-Star, October 16, 2020)
Painting returned 87 years after Nazis stole it from a Jewish family in Berlin (CNN, October 16, 2020)
Jewish family’s painting looted by Nazis in 1933 is returned (Associated Press, October 15, 2020)
United States Secures Return of Artwork 87 Years After Nazis Looted it from Jewish Family in Berlin (United States Department of Justice, October 15, 2020)
FBI returns painting stolen by Nazis to owners heirs (Houston Chronicle, October 15, 2020)
