Maria Bloch-Bauer Altmann never wanted a fight. In fact, she never wanted Gustav Klimt’s celebrated portrait of her aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, to leave Austria, the country Altmann had escaped … ...

Maria Altmann, Who Won Battle For Return Of Nazi-looted Klimt Paintings, Dies In Los Angeles. ... said Altmann's case was one of many about the unfinished business of the Holocaust.

Burris helped recover an iconic Gustav Klimt painting stolen from Maria Altmann's family by the Nazis. He'll give a talk about the case on Oct. 23.

Maria Altmann, 89, ... The case stems from a 1998 Austrian law that required federal museums to review their holdings to see if they included works looted by the Nazis, ...

Los Angeles attorney Randol Schoenberg has invested an inordinate amount of his career on a case that, until now, many legal experts considered impossible to win. Payoff: Supreme validation - Los ...

Maria Altmann, whose seven-year ... He took the case up to the U.S. Supreme Court and in 2006 Austria acceded to his demands. Finding refuge in Los Angeles after World War II, ...

The US Supreme Court has granted Austria’s request to appeal a decision, taken by a lower federal appeals court in Los Angeles earlier this year, that Austria can be sued in California in a ...

High Court to Hear Appeal Involving Art. Ruling May Affect Other Nazi-Era Cases ...

The true story of Maria Altmann, ... It's easy to guess how this story ends, even if you haven't read up on the case, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Spry nonagenarian Maria Altmann, a Viennese Jew who escaped to California to avoid the Holocaust, is the charismatic heart of "Stealing Klimt," a straightforward and engrossing account of how ...

Maria Altmann vs. Helen Mirren. ... Again, it has been almost 10 years since the real case happened, so Randy could have looked different back then. His wife, Pamela, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94. Altmann d… ...