The turmoil over Soviet war treasures

Author

Akinsha, Konstantin

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

ARTnews. 1991, Num. 10, Vol. 90, 110-115, 10 ill.

ISSN

0004-3273

Abstract (en)

Details new developments in the Soviet Union regarding art works looted from Germany during World War II. Cites the establishment of a Soviet commission to resolve the repatriation problem (1991) and the first public acknowledgment of the existence of secret Soviet depositories. Notes that Soviet government officials, including Soviet Minister of Culture Nikolaj Gubenko, do not wish to return these art works unless Germany agrees to return objects of equivalent artistic quality stolen from the USSR by the Germans. A number of Soviet art historians disagree, calling the plan unrealistic and unworkable.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present
• Art
• Restitution
• World War (1939-1945)
• 1945-1991
• Gubenko, Nikolaj, b.1941
• Theft
• Germany
• Soviet Union
• Politics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent
• Art
• Restitution
• Guerre mondiale (1939-1945)
• 1945-1991
• Gubenko, Nikolaj, n.1941
• Vol
• Allemagne
• Union soviétique
• Politique

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920701-00427730

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