Barancik served in Salzburg, Austria where he helped collect stolen treasures and return them to original Jewish owners

Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum surrenders 19th-century painting by French artist Gustave Courbet stolen from Paris apartment of Robert Bing in 1941

Motion authorizes public museums holding works, including Musee d'Orsay in Paris, to hand over property to heirs of original owners

A work of great art has been on public display in London this week for the first time since 1905. On Thursday, I inspected it up close -- front and rear...

No visible damage done to 1939 piece gifted by artist to Greece in recognition of resistance to Nazis; authorities hail 'special day' in return of painting after daring 2012 heist

La Mousmé was restituted in 1956 after being seized from a Jewish banker during German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940

1886 artwork by Camille Pissarro was seized from Leone-Noelle Meyer's adoptive parents during German invasion of France, and is now the subject of a legal battle

La Mousmé was restituted in 1956 after being seized from Jewish banker during German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940; it is expected to be sold for $10 million

Family of biochemist and tabletop designer Martha Nierenberg, 96, says they'll continue legal battle for art collection, stolen by the Nazis and still held by Hungary

Three pieces by Pissarro and Signac go up for sale nearly a century after they were taken from Gaston Levy's home in German-occupied France