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The "lost" collection of Carrolup children's art was made by Florence Rutter, principally to exhibit and sell on behalf of the children, in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, through the Aboriginal Children's Trust that she set up in London. The collection includes a personal selection that Florence made for both herself and her family.
Many valuable paintings have been stolen.The paintings listed are from masters of Western art which are valued in millions of U.S. dollars.The US FBI maintains a list of "Top Ten Art Crimes"; [1] a 2006 book by Simon Houpt, [2] a 2018 book by Noah Charney, [3] and several other media outlets have profiled the most significant outstanding losses.
The artwork was created by youngsters who were interned at a remote settlement in Western Australia in the 1940s. Scots urged to help hunt for art by Australia’s ‘stolen generations’ of children
The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London. In the U.S., the FBI maintains the National Stolen Art File, "a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are ...
In 1940, the Nazis seized a Claude Monet pastel and seven other works of art from Adalbert "Bela" and Hilda Parlagi, a Jewish couple forced to flee their Vienna home after Austria was annexed into ...
The chalk-painting "Bord de Mer," by Claude Monet, created in 1865. The painting was stolen from Adalbert Parlagi by the Nazis in 1940, and returned to his descendants by the New Orleans FBI ...
Laurel Nannup is a Noongar artist who was born in Carrolup, in 1943, Western Australia.She is a member of the Stolen Generation.Born into a large family Nannup grew up in the bush around Pinjarra until she was taken at 8 years or age to the Wandering Mission where she lived until she was 16.
Art theft, sometimes called artnapping, is the stealing of paintings, sculptures, or other forms of visual art from galleries, museums or other public and private locations. Stolen art is often resold or used by criminals as collateral to secure loans. [1] Only a small percentage of stolen art is recovered—an estimated 10%. [2]