Cornelius Gurlitt

German art collector (1932–2014), son of Hitler's art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt

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Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt was a German art collection owner. The son of Hildebrand Gurlitt, an art gallery director and Nazi-era dealer of looted art who worked for Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, Gurlitt inherited from his father a collection of over 1,400 artworks known as the Gurlitt trove or Gurlitt Collection, 14 of which were subsequently demonstrated to have been looted from Jews by the Nazis. Upon its public discovery, the collection was impounded by the Augsburg Prosecutor's Office as evidence in a possible case for tax evasion that was never mounted; the works were not returned to Gurlitt's estate until after his death. In his will, Gurlitt left the entire collection, minus any works that turned out to be looted, to the Museum of Fine Arts Bern, apparently in reaction over his perceived poor treatment by the German authorities.

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Cornelius Gurlitt

German art collector (1932–2014), son of Hitler's art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt

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Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt was a German art collection owner. The son of Hildebrand Gurlitt, an art gallery director and Nazi-era dealer of looted art who worked for Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, Gurlitt inherited from his father a collection of over 1,400 artworks known as the Gurlitt trove or Gurlitt Collection, 14 of which were subsequently demonstrated to have been looted from Jews by the Nazis. Upon its public discovery, the collection was impounded by the Augsburg Prosecutor's Office as evidence in a possible case for tax evasion that was never mounted; the works were not returned to Gurlitt's estate until after his death. In his will, Gurlitt left the entire collection, minus any works that turned out to be looted, to the Museum of Fine Arts Bern, apparently in reaction over his perceived poor treatment by the German authorities.

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Occupation: art collector
Citizenship: Germany

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December 28, 1932

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May 6, 2014

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