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home they were hanging. The house was confiscated during the
National Socialist occupation. After the end of the war, the family filed a loss report that included the drawings. In the context of the "Kunstfund Gurlitt" (Gurlitt Art Trove), it became known that these four works, along with 14 other pieces, were in possession of Benita Renate Gurlitt (1935–2012). As the works were part of Hildebrand Gurlitt's art collection and because of their significance for coming to terms with the National Socialist art theft, they were included in the research of the Gurlitt Provenance Research project and published in the Lost Art Database of the German Lost Art Foundation in July 2017. The current owner has acknowledged the Washington Principles and decided in favor of the restitution of Nazi-confiscated art. The works are on display as part of the "Bestandsaufnahme Gurlitt" exhibit at the Gropius Bau in Berlin from September 14, 2018 until January 7, 2019. The descendants of the Deutsch de la Meurthe family have been contacted, and it is their wish that the works be presented.
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30 seconds. However, a short delay arose before his mooring line was secured, and at first the adjudicating committee refused him the prize, despite de la
Meurthe, who was present, declaring himself satisfied. This caused a public outcry from the crowds watching the flight, as well as comment in the press. However a face-saving compromise was reached, and Santos-Dumont was awarded the prize. In a charitable gesture, he gave half the prize to his crew and then donated the other half to the poor of Paris.
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Four drawings by the artists
Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen, Augustin de Saint-Aubin and Anne Vallayer-Coster have been identified as Nazi-confiscated art by the Gurlitt Provenance Research project. Their origins can be traced back to the Jewish family Deutsch de la Meurthe in Paris, in whose private
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airship at 2:30 pm. After only nine minutes of flight, Santos-Dumont had rounded the Eiffel Tower, but then suffered an engine failure. To restart the engine, he had to climb back over the gondola rail without a safety harness. The attempt was successful, and he crossed the finish line in 29 minutes
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and back in less than 30 minutes. The winner of the prize needed to maintain an average ground speed of at least 22 km/h (14 mph) to cover the round trip distance of 11 km (6.8 mi) in the allotted time. The prize was to be available from May 1, 1900, to
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to establish a company in France to supply a Wright aircraft to the French government. Deutsch financed the venture by buying the only block of shares to be sold in France, and used his influence with the French government. The effort fell through, however.
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in 1859, Deutsch began to study and develop the use of petroleum oils in France. In 1877, Deutsch brought his two sons, Henri and Emile, into the family business, which bought a refinery in
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in World War II. Their mansion was transformed into a residence for the head of the occupation forces, and their art collection was looted, ending up in the possession of the son of
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to promote the new technologies. To do this, he used some of his wealth to create a number of monetary prizes as incentives for aviators to achieve certain aviation milestones.
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brothers, oil refining began in Spain. At this time, Alexander added the "de la
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with an automobile) and also became interested in aviation. Together with
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