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| Location | Wuppertal, Germany |
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| Coordinates | 51°15′26″N7°8′48″E / 51.25722°N 7.14667°E /51.25722; 7.14667 |
TheVon der Heydt Museum is amuseum inWuppertal, Germany.
The Von der Heydt Museum includes works by artists from the 17th century to the present time.
The museum is housed in the former city hall ofElberfeld, which in 1902 became a municipal museum.
The museum was named in 1961 after the Von der Heydt family. Banker August von der Heydt and his sonEduard von der Heydt (1882–1964) were important patrons.[1]
In July 2023, the museum restituted the painting “Portrait of Felix Benjamin” by Max Liebermann toFelix Benjamin. The museum had acquired the painting in 2002 fromLempertz.[2]
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Von der Heydt Museum Wuppertal 27 July 2023. Wuppertal, July 2023: The Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal has restituted the painting "Portrait of Felix Benjamin" by Max Liebermann to the heirs of Felix Benjamin, who was persecuted and murdered by the National Socialists. The portrait was reacquired with funds from the Freiherr von der Heydt-Foundation and can remain in the museum's collection.
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