Richard Neumann (born December 17, 1879, in Vienna, died 1961 in New York) was an Austrian industrialist and art collector persecuted by Nazis because he was Jewish.
[3] Neumann and his wife Alice agreed in a notarial act that the collection could be viewed twelve days of the year - either as part of state organized exhibitions, or by legitimate visitors monument office.
Neumann's art collection was inventoried by the Nazis and seized through forced sales and refused export licenses.
Neumann found work in a textile factory in Cuba, gave evening lectures on art history and became an honorary professor at the University of Havana.
[9] In 2010, Neumann's heirs received back Two altar wings with pictures of the donors by Martin van Heemskerck, a sacrificial scene, Hannibal's oath by Giovanni Battista Pittoni, the painting Laundresses by Alessandro Magnasco and two statuettes by Alessandro Algardi depicting Pope Innocent X and St.
The "Musées Nationaux Récupération" (MNR) placed three paintings - The Miracle of Saint Eligius by Gaetano Gandolfi, Abraham and the three angels by Sebastiano Ricci and a portrait of Saint Francis of Paola standing in a niche by Salvador Francesco Fontebasso - in the Louvre and three other items were given to museums in Agen, Saint-Étienne and Tours.
These six pieces from the Neumann collection were identified by the art historian and provenance researcher Sophie Lillie after the MNR holdings were published online.