Marguerite Stern

Marguerite Stern (née Fould) (1866–1956) was a French Jewish art collector whose property was seized by Nazis during the occupation of Paris.[1][2]

Family life

Born in 1866 into the French Jewish bourgeoisie as the daughter of Henri Fould and Suzette Stern, Fould married into the Stern banking dynasty of which her husband Edgard Stern (1854–1937) was part.[3]

Art collecting and the Nazi era

During the occupation of France by Nazi Germany, the Stern and Fould families were persecuted unter antisemitic laws due to their Jewish origins. Their property, including artworks, was looted.[4]

Restitution

After the war, some of the artworks were restituted.[4] However others were returned to France but instead of being returned to Fould-Stern, entered France's national MNR inventories.[5] In 2020 France's Minister of Culture, Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, restituted seven artworks that had belonged to Fould-Stern to her heirs.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Marguerite Stern-Fould (52197) | Musée d'Orsay". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Frauendatenbank fembio.org". www.fembio.org (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  3. ↑ "Edouard Stern: Une Dynastie de Banquiers" (PDF). lepoint.fr.
  4. 1 2 "Jean-François Ducis". art.nelson-atkins.org. Retrieved 2023-11-03. Edgar Stern (1854-1937), Paris, by 1912-1937;
    By inheritance to his wife, Marguerite Stern (née Fould, 1866-1956), Paris, 1937-1941;
    Confiscated from Stern by German National Socialist (Nazi) forces, 1941-July 1945 [1];
    Recovered by Allied forces and taken to the Munich Central Collecting Point, July 1945-August 23, 1946 [2];
    Returned by Allied forces to France, August 23, 1946-October 4, 1946;
    Restituted to Marguerite Stern, Paris, October 4, 1946-1956;
  5. ↑ "Restitution of 7 stolen works of art belonging to the so-called National Museums Recuperation (MNR) to the rights holders of Marguerite Stern". www.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  6. ↑ "Restitution de 7 œuvres d'art spoliées faisant partie des œuvres dites Musées nationaux Récupération (MNR) aux ayants droit de Marguerite Stern". www.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-11-03. Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, ministre de la Culture, se réjouit de la restitution, le 29 octobre 2020, de 7 œuvres d'art aux ayants droit de Marguerite Stern, et salue l'action des services du ministère de la Culture, du musée du Louvre, du musée d'Orsay et de la direction des archives du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, qui y ont œuvré. Cet ensemble est constitué de 3 tableaux et 4 œuvres graphiques, des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles : D'après Jean-Antoine Watteau, Concert dans un parc, huile sur toile, 34x39 cm (MNR 890) ; Cornelis Beelt (XVIIe), Intérieur d'écurie, huile sur bois, 37x29 cm (MNR 923) ; Mathys Schoevaerdts (fin XVIIe), Place avec église, obélisque et passants, huile sur bois, 35x51 cm (MNR 925) ; Anonyme XVIIIe siècle, Scène dans un parc, gouache, 28x32 cm (REC 146) ; Manière de Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Scène galante, aquarelle, 28x21 cm (REC 147) ; Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (XIXe), Deux singes au piano, aquarelle, 22x28 cm (REC 149) ; Ernest Meissonier (XIXe), Joueurs d'échecs, dessin, 15,50x18 cm (REC 150).
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