User:Eli185.2/Savely Blumstein

Savely Blumstein was a Jewish art collector who was in Riga.

Nazi era
The Gestapo confiscated valuable art works from the Blumstein's home in 1941. He fled Nazi -occupied Latvia.

Blumstein died in 2009, leaving two sons, Neil and Philip.

Claims and restitution
In 2013, a Chagall painting from his collection was found in the Gurlitt trove, the stash of artworks hidden by the son of Hitler's art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt. Experts confirmed that "Allegorical Scene" painted by chagall in the mid-1920 ,had been looted by the Nazis.