[MSN] Austria will expand the parameters of rules guaranteeing the return of Nazi-looted art.

[MSN]

Austria to loosen art claim rules

	
Published: 03/28/2008

Austria will expand the parameters of rules guaranteeing the return of
Nazi-looted art. 

Claudia Schmied, the culture minister, announced the new rules on March 26,
saying they will encompass private foundations and cover the years
1933-1945, and not just 1938-1945, as they did previously. 

Jewish groups said the old rules were overly restrictive and left out major
collectors, particularly in the Leopold Museum, a private museum that is
funded by the state.

The museum's collection includes "House by the Sea," an Egon Schiele
painting seized in 1938 and valued at $15 million. It is claimed by a
British family.

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