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New York judge rules Art Institute of Chicago must give back art stolen by Nazis • Apr. 26, 2025, 5:18 AM ET (CBS)
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Also Known As Chicago Academy of Design
Date 1882 - present
Areas Of Involvement art
Related People Helen Gardner

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Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Stuart-style salon
Art Institute of Chicago
Nighthawks
Art Institute of Chicago
Joan Mitchell: City Landscape
Wassily Kandinsky: Houses at Murnau
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Paul Delvaux: The Awakening of the Forest
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"Woman at Her Toilette" oil on canvas by Berthe Morisot, 1870-1880; in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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