Artwork stolen by Nazis ‘uncovered’ in Germany

(France24) A cache of nearly 1,500 paintings, which included works by Picasso and Matisse, was recovered from an apartment in Munich, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. The art is believed to have been confiscated by Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s.

Nearly 1,500 paintings including works by Picasso and Matisse that were stolen by the Nazis have been discovered in a German flat, a newspaper reported Sunday, putting their total value at around a billion euros.

German weekly Focus said the paintings were found in an apartment belonging to the octogenarian son of an art collector who had bought them during the 1930s and 1940s.

For nearly half a century, the artworks lay hidden in darkened rooms in the man's apartment in the southern German city of Munich, Focus said.

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