Owner: Consorts Schloss — Paris, France
Collection: (Schloss) Adolphe Schloss-The Schloss collection was assembled with great care by Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew who settled in Paris in the late 19th century. In August 1939, the collection was transferred to a vault at the Chateau de Chambon (Corrèze) for safekeeping. On April 16, 1943, a combination of Nazi policemen and French officials from the CGQJ worked together to confiscate the Schloss collection and transfer it to Paris for processing. There, the collection was split into three parts--the largest going to the Linz Museum project. That part of the collection (262 paintings) was transferred to the Führerbau (Munich) on 24 November 1943 where it remained untouched until 29-30 April 1945 when local Munich citizens broke into the building housing the collection and hundreds of other works and stole everything. Nearly half of the Schloss paintings are still unrestituted.
Inventory No.: Schloss 5
Tableau No. 7
Kiste Nr. München Fuhrerbau 8
Artist: C. Beelt
Medium: Paintings
Title: Winter landscape [winterlandschaft]
Description: 47,5 x 53 cm [46 x 61 cm]
Links unten bezeichnet: K. Beelt

Oil on panel
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Provenance and Comments: This painting is listed as Schloss Nr. 7 in the German inventory of the Schloss collection. According to the Munich Central Collecting Point (MCCP) file, this painting by Beelt was acquired for the Linz Museum, stored in Munich, stolen by unknown individuals, recovered and sent to the MCCP on 12 June 1947. The list of missing paintings from the Schloss Collection dated 15 February 1945 indicates that this work by Beelt measures 61 x 46 cm.
Archival Sources: www.dhm.de; RV 103, 209SUP_carton 4d39, MAEE, Paris, France; RG 11.011M Reel 428 USHMM, Washington, DC
Measurements: 47,5 x 63 cm
Signed? Yes
Intake place: 38 avenue Henri Martin, Paris
Transfer place: Chateau de Chambon, Laguenne, Corrèze
Transfer date: 1939-08-20
Transfer place: Banque Dreyfus, Paris, France
Transfer date: 1943-08-11
Transfer place: Jeu de Paume
Transfer date: 1943-11-03
Transfer place: Führerbau, Munich
Transfer date: 1943-11-24
Munich No.: 43521
Repatriated to France? Yes
Repatriation date: 1948-01-21
Restituted? Yes
Restitution date: 1948-02-11
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