Josef Blauhorn (19 June 1883 Vienna – 1944 London) was an Austrian Jewish lawyer and refugee from the Nazis
Trained as a lawyer, Blauhorn was employed by the Vienna bank of the Gutmann Brother from 1916 to 1939, when he escaped Austria after the Anscluss with Nazi Germany. He was managing director of Gebrüder Gutmann and a partner in Rothschild[1] as well as a board member of Hanf-, Jute- und Textil-Industrie AG and of the supervisory board of Österreichische Waffenfabriks-Gesellschaft and a partner in the Vienna trading company M. G. Pinter & Co.[2]
He married Auguste ("Gusti", née Koppel, 1886–1961) with whom he hadthree children Karl Max, Anna Lisbeth and Hans Georg. The family lived in Vienna's 3rd district.
Art Collection
editBlauhorn's art collection consisted of about 200 works, mostly by Austrian nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists.[2]
Nazi era
editThe paintings were confiscated by the Gestapo and handed over to the Chief Finance President in Vienna "for safekeeping". (1942)[3]
Claims and restitutions
editIn 2012, the Belvedere Museum in Vienna restituted two paintings "The Magi" by Leopold Kupelwieser and "The Valley of Chamonix" by Ludwig Ferdinand Schnorr von Carolsfeld.[4][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "75 Jahre MUK: Gedenken, Restitution und Tafelenthüllung" (PDF).
Gusti and Josef Blauhorn lived here in Vienna with their three children, Karl, Anni and Georg in the Villa Blauhorn at 54 Grinzinger Allee. Josef Blauhorn was head of one of the most prominent Jewish families in Vienna. He was for a time, the Managing Director of Gebruder Guttman and was also a partner of Rothschild. Whilst they were Jews, they were proudly Viennese and contributed hugely to Austrian society and owned a collection of almost 300 works of art, mainly by Austrian artists. When Nazi Germany annexed Austria, they were forced to leave their home, all their possessions were stolen and they fled to Switzerland and subsequently to England with the help of Rudolf Bienenfeld.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 395 (help) - ^ a b "Blauhorn, Josef | Lexikon Provenienzforschung". www.lexikon-provenienzforschung.org. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ^ "Sammlung Josef und Auguste Blauhorn | Proveana". www.proveana.de. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ^ "RESOLVED STOLEN ART CLAIMS. CLAIMS FOR ART STOLEN DURING THE NAZI ERA AND WORLD WAR II, INCLUDING NAZI-LOOTED ART AND TROPHY ART*" (PDF).
- ^ "Provenance Research | Belvedere Museum Vienna". www.belvedere.at. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
- ^ "Der Beirat gemäß § 3 des Bundesgesetzes über die Rückgabe von Kunstgegenständen aus den Österreichischen Bundesmuseen und Sammlungen, BGBl. I Nr. 181/1998 idF BGBl. I Nr. 117/2009, (Kunstrückgabegesetz), hat in seiner Sitzung vom 29. Juni 2012 einstimmig folgenden Beschluss gefasst: Der Bundesministerin für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur wird empfohlen, die im beiliegenden „Dossier Dr. Josef Blauhorn" angeführten Objekte, nämlich Leopold Kupelwieser, Die Heiligen drei Könige, Öl auf Holz, IN 3768" (PDF). provenienzforschung.gv.at/.
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