The Pinakothek museums in Munich have restituted a painting by German-Jewish Impressionist Lesser Ury to the heirs of its original owner, Berlin banker Curt Goldschmidt. The work, 'Interior with Children (The Siblings),' was sold at a forced auction in the 1930s after the Goldschmidt family bank collapsed under Nazi economic policies.
This return is part of a renewed and intensified push for provenance research and restitution within Bavaria's museum sector, which has faced criticism for slow progress on Nazi-looted art. The action highlights the systematic persecution that stripped Jewish collectors of their assets and underscores the ongoing effort to address historical injustices through the acknowledgment of dual Jewish provenance—both the artist and the collector.