Max Emden (Q1912453)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
German Jewish merchant and art collector, persecuted by Nazis because Jewish (1874-1940)
- Max James Emden
- Max J. Emden
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Max Emden |
German Jewish merchant and art collector, persecuted by Nazis because Jewish (1874-1940) |
|
Statements
1904
1939
2 references
2 references
2 references
Bellotto’s Zwinger Moat, seized by Allied forces after the war, was on view in the offices of the president of the Federal Republic of Germany from the 1960s until 2005. The painting’s Nazi connection proved embarrassing after the Emden heirs requested its return, and the Bellotto was relocated to the Dresden Military Museum.That picture and another work by Bellotto from Emden’s collection that Haberstock bought, Vienna, a View of the Karlskirche (1760, attributed to Bellotto and Studio), were returned to the Emdens last year, following the recommendation of the German advisory commission involved in restitution decisions, after a 15-year legal battle. (English)
Private collection of the Duke of Saxe-Anhalt until 1925With Galerie Bachstitz, Berlin, 1928With Arthur Tooth, LondonMax Emden, Hamburg, GermanyWith Karl Haberstock, Berlin, acquired 30 June 1938 (inventory no. 1938/125)Reichskanzlei, Berlin, acquired June 1938 (Führer inventory 115)In store, Alt Ausee, Austria (number 1447)Munich Central Collecting Point (number 1648), 15 January 1946Treuhandverwaltung für Kulturgut, MunichOffice of the Federal President, Bonn, on loan since 1961Restituted to the heirs of Max Emden, 2019 (English)
30 March 2023
1 reference
With J. B. van den Bergh (dealer, d. 1833), AmstEarly and Modern Dutch painterserdam, by 1833; probably J. B. van den Bergh sale, Amsterdam, 15 July 1833, no. 242; included in exhibition of Early and Modern Dutch painters, Guildhall Gallery, London, 1903; collection of Martin Rikoff, Paris, by 1907; Martin Rikoff sale, Galerie Georges Petit, F. Lair Dubreuil (auctioneer), Paris, 4-7 December 1907 (sold 4 December), no. 22; from where purchased by Galerie F. Kleinberger (dealer), Paris, 1907; collection of Martin and Eleanore Bromberg (neé Kann, d. 1918), Hamburg, by 1913[1]; collection of Dr Max J. Emden (1874–1940), Hamburg, prior to 1938; possibly purchased by Ali Loebl (of Galerie F. Kleinberger), Paris by 1938; half interest acquired by Wildenstein & Co. (dealer), London, 1938–44[2]; purchased from Wildenstein & Co., on the recommendation of Daryl Lindsay, for the Felton Bequest, 1945. (English)
1 reference
2 references
Max Emden, Hamburg, GermanyWith Karl Haberstock, Berlin, acquired 30 June 1938 (inventory no. 1938/125)Reichskanzlei, Berlin, acquired June 1938 (Führer inventory 115)In store, Alt Ausee, Austria (number 1447)Munich Central Collecting Point (number 1648), 15 January 1946Treuhandverwaltung für Kulturgut, MunichOffice of the Federal President, Bonn, on loan since 1961Restituted to the heirs of Max Emden, 2019 (English)
0 references
0 references
1 reference
Claude Monets "Mohnfeld bei Vétheuil" wurde beim Kunstraub in Zürich gestohlen und inzwischen wieder gefunden. Einst hing dieses Bild in der Villa des jüdischen Kaufmanns Max Emden auf den Brissago-Inseln.Es war 1941 von Emil Bührle gekauft worden. Die Erben von Max Emden lassen abklären, ob es sich um Raubkunst handelt. Die Bührle-Sammlung spricht von einer "korrekten Abwicklung". (German)
1 reference
Two paintings by the 18th-century painter Bernardo Bellotto that Adolf Hitler purchased should be returned to the descendants of Max James Emden, a Jewish department-store magnate from Hamburg who lost much of his wealth as a result of Nazi persecution, a German government panel has ruled.Emden’s heirs have been fighting for 15 years to recover the paintings, which were seized by Allied troops and entered the German federal government collection in the 1960s. One of the founders of Berlin’s famous KaDeWe department store, Emden owned stores around Germany and as far afield as Italy, Hungary and Scandinavia. He left Hamburg and withdrew to his island property on the Swiss side of Lake Maggiore in 1933. His businesses, properties and financial assets in Germany were seized by the Nazis in 1934 and 1935. (English)
1 reference
Emden, a colourful character who was described by Sotheby’s as a “successful and exuberant businessman whose collection was once the envy of Europe”, bought the painting sometime between 1928-30. He also owned works by the likes of Monet, van Gogh and Renoir.A founder of Berlin's KaDeWe department store (which later expanded to Italy, Hungary and Scandinavia), Emden acquired the two Brissago Islands in the Swiss sector of Lake Maggiore, building a house in classical style where he held exotic parties and, as a committed naturist, encouraged like-minded guests to water-ski and dance naked in the garden.Seizure and restorationBut things became darker for Emden in the 1930s. With the rise of the Nazis, he left Hamburg in 1933 and became a Swizz citizen. Within two years his businesses, properties and financial assets in Germany, including much of his art collection, was seized.By 1937 he was nearly insolvent and had to sell the remnants of his art collection kept on Brissago Island. In June 1938, art dealer Anna Caspari arranged the sale of two Bellotto paintings – including the view of Dresden – to Karl Haberstock, another dealer who was supplying artworks to Adolf Hitler for the planned Führermuseum in Linz. (English)
1 reference
Max Emden fled Germany with his art collection in 1933 when Hitler came to power. The family was historically powerful and wealthy, with land and property in several countries, including Switzerland where Emden sought refuge.“When the Nazis came to power he made a decision to stay in Switzerland, but never set up shop there. His business was left behind in Hamburg. The Nazis financially ruined him, forcing him to sell his stores and real estate. By 1937 he had run out of money and started selling his art collection,” says Juan Carlos Emden via conference call from Chile.The Bellotto paintings, it would appear, were sold below market value in 1937-8 via the German-Jewish art dealer Annie Caspari, from whom Emden had purchased them in 1928-9.In 1937, says Juan Carlos Emden’s German lawyer Markus Stoetzel, Caspari learnt of Emden’s financial troubles and that he was desperately trying to sell the paintings at a fair price.But Caspari was also in trouble, only allowed to work in a limited extent after 1933, and had been enlisted by the notorious art agent Haberstock to aid him in purchasing works from near destitute Jews for Hitler’s planned Linz museum.“We have the complete documentary of her correspondence with Emden and Haberstock,” says Stoetzel. Caspari’s work permit was withdrawn in 1943 and she was deported and murdered. (English)
Max Emden
0 references
Identifiers
M. J. Emden Söhne Export AG
0 references
AUCH LEBEN IST EINE KUNST - DER FALL MAX EMDEN | Trailer deutsch german [HD]
24 January 2019
140±1 second
20 March 2021
0 references
Sitelinks
Wikibooks(0 entries)
Wikinews(0 entries)
Wikiquote(0 entries)
Wikisource(0 entries)
Wikiversity(0 entries)
Wikivoyage(0 entries)
Wiktionary(0 entries)
Multilingual sites(1 entry)
- commonswiki Category:Max Emden