Oscar Stettiner

Oscar Stettiner

Oscar Stettiner (1878 – 1948) was a British art dealer, based in Paris, and whose art collection was "seized and auctioned during the Nazi occupation of France."[1]

Oscar Stettiner was born in 1878, the son of Henri Jules Stettiner and his wife Gertrude Davis. He had an older brother Alphonse, born in 1876, and a sister, Adele Stettiner, born in 1880. Oscar and Alphonse had British nationality; Adele French, and they were of Jewish ancestry.[2]

Stettiner's collection included Amedeo Modigliani's 1918 portrait, Seated Man with a Cane, now the subject of a series of lawsuits involving billionaire art dealer David Nahmad and other Nahmad family members, being brought by Stettiner's grandson Philippe Maestracci.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Maloney, Jennifer (2014-10-27). "Heir of Art Dealer Whose Modigliani Was Seized by Nazis Thinks He Has Found It, but Roadblock Remains". WSJ.com. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Stettiner | Restitutiecommissie". Restitutiecommissie.nl. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  3. ↑ "Panama Papers may show £17m Modigliani painting's owners". BBC News. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
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