Nazi-looted painting returns to Max Stern heirs
On the historic premises of Künstlerverein Malkasten, the painting Storm at Sea, by Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek (1778-1851) — a leading master of Dutch maritime scenes — was returned to representatives of the Max and Iris Stern Foundation and its three university beneficiaries — Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal and Hebrew University, Jerusalem. It is the 18th painting recovered on behalf of the…