The granchildren of Henri Matisse claim that the National Gallery bought one of his works that had been stolen from their family Jack Taylor/The TimesThe British grandchildren of a muse of Henri Matisse are suing the National Gallery over an oil painting they claim was stolen from their family after the Second World War. Oliver Williams and Margarete Green have accused the gallery of displaying the painting, Portrait of Greta Moll — ignoring a “red flag” that it had been stolen. The artwork featured Margarete Moll, a sculptress known as Greta, who sat for Matisse in Paris. Her husband, Oskar, a pupil of the French artist, bought it in 1908, the year it was painted. The couple later moved to Germany and remained there…

Source: The Times September 09, 2016 00:22 UTC