(Q47001605)

Statements

instance of

auction house

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art commerce

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inception

1907

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reference URL

http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/ueber/geschichte.aspx?l=en

image

Galerie Fischer 1939 auction catalogue.jpg
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significant person

Emil Georg Bührle

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reference URL

https://www.buehrle.ch/en/history/the-collection/

quotation

In June 1939 Bührle was one of the buyers at the auction of so-called “degenerate art” from German museums at Galerie Fischer in Lucerne where he bid unsuccessfully for a Self-Portrait by Van Gogh. In 1942, Bührle accepted an offer from Theodor Fischer to share ownership in the Coray Collection of Old Master paintings which Bührle had acquired to sell at a profit. In turn, Fischer sold works by French Impressionists to Bührle. During the Second World War Emil Bührle purchased around 100 artworks mostly from Swiss art dealers. From 1940 onwards, he increasingly sought advice from Fritz Nathan, a dealer based in St. Gall. (English)

founded by

Theodor Fischer

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reference URL

http://www.fischerauktionen.ch/ueber/geschichte.aspx?l=en

country

Switzerland

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owner of

Countess Széchenyi

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Romantic Painting with Ruins

start time

19 March 1942

end time

21 March 1942

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headquarters location

Lucerne

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significant event

end

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reference URL

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sold-out_oldest-swiss-auction-house-closes-down/43021396

sales

of

Nazi plunder

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reference URL

http://artdaily.com/news/74918/Exhibition-of-works-sold-by-the-Germans-at-the-Lucerne-auction-in-1939-opens-in-Liege#.WkZeWRNzI2w

official website

http://www.fischerauktionen.ch

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https://www.fischerauktionen.ch/de/%C3%BCber-galerie-fischer/

language of work or name

German

retrieved

23 March 2022

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investigated by

Art Looting Investigation Unit

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stated in

ALIU Consolidated Interrogation Report (CIR) No. 4 Linz: Hitler's Museum and Library, December 1945

reference URL

http://www.lootedart.com/web_images/pdf/aliu_index_0712.pdf

stated in

ALIU Final Report

reference URL

http://www.lootedart.com/MVI3RM469661

Bergier commission

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stated in

Flight Assets – Looted Assets. The Transfer of Cultural Assets to and through Switzerland from 1933 to 1945, and the Problem of Restitution

Bergier Commission Final Report

Roberts Commission

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reference URL

https://www.fold3.com/image/273364586

U.S. National Archives Identifier

1537311

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