New Provenance Research Project on National Socialist Period

Art collection of a Jewish manufacturer being studied at Freie Universität Berlin. No 113/2019 from Apr 29, 2019 The German Lost Art Foundation has approved a new research project at Freie Universität Berlin designed to reconstruct the art collection of the toy manufacturer, collector, and patron Abraham Adelsberger (1863-1940). The new project, like the Mosse Art Research Initiative, will be based at Freie Universität and conducted in cooperation with the collector's heirs. Situated in the subdepartment headed by Klaus Krüger, the research will be led by Dr. Meike Hoffmann as academic coordinator. The involved researchers aim to identify the art objects of the collector Abraham Adelsberger that changed hands owing to persecution during the National Socialist period. They also hope to clarify the circumstances of loss and recover the original works. According to art historian Meike Hoffmann, a complicating factor in the case of Abraham Adelsberger is the fact that he used his works of art to secure credit from the Dresdener Bank.