1. Vincent on His Way to Work by Vincent van Gogh
Missing from the Stassfurt salt mines art repository near Magdeburg, Germany, on April 12, 1945. Feared to have been burned.
WANTED! Beautiful art. Here are a few of the lost gems that art recovery organizations like The Monuments Men are looking for worldwide. Be sure to catch the film, inspired by the WWII recovery effort, now in theaters.
Missing from the Stassfurt salt mines art repository near Magdeburg, Germany, on April 12, 1945. Feared to have been burned.
Stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts in an armed robbery. Part of a 13-piece theft. $5M reward.
Also stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Known as Rembrandt's only seascape painting.
Stolen from the Museu Chácara do Céu in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 4, 2007 during a midday armed robbery. Part of a four-piece theft.
Missing since 1933 when Klee emigrated out of Germany to Switzerland.
Stolen from Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia on June 10, 2007 during a public viewing. Estimated value of $1M.
Stolen from the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England during a millennium celebration on December 31, 1999. Estimated value of £3M.
Confiscated and resold by the Gestapo in 1943. Last seen in Germany.
Stolen from the Oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Italy directly out of its frame. Estimated value of $20M.
Missing since 1935 when the owner, Max Fischer, left the painting in his Berlin apartment.
Stolen during an armed robbery in a Houston, Texas home. $50K reward.
Confiscated in 1939 for Hitler's Führermuseum in Linz, Austria. Last seen in Lake Schliersee, Germany.
Missing since Dr. Fritz Salo Glaser sold the painting to pay a Jewish property tax. Last seen in Prague, Czech Republic.