Norwegian museum agrees to return looted Matisse

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Norwegian museum agrees to return looted Matisse

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/norwegian-museum-agrees-return-looted-matisse-091029173.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_esv4ttM7PCHt3sh3cGWew--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/35afac3f4684140b4f0f6a706700cf10.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - This undated file photo released by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter on Friday, April 5, 2013, shows the painting &quot;Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,&quot; circa 1937 by Henry Matisse. A Norwegian museum says it has agreed to return a Matisse once looted by Hermann Goering to the family of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting, &quot;Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,&quot; has been the centerpiece of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo since the museum was established in 1968 by shipping magnate Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. The museum said in a statement Thursday that although it acquired the painting in good faith, it has &quot;chosen to adhere to international conventions and return the painting to Rosenberg's heirs.&quot; (AP Photo/Oystein Thorvaldsen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre)" align="left" title="FILE - This undated file photo released by Henie Onstad Kunstsenter on Friday, April 5, 2013, shows the painting &quot;Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,&quot; circa 1937 by Henry Matisse. A Norwegian museum says it has agreed to return a Matisse once looted by Hermann Goering to the family of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting, &quot;Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace,&quot; has been the centerpiece of the Henie Onstad Art Center near Oslo since the museum was established in 1968 by shipping magnate Niels Onstad and his wife, Olympic figure-skating champion Sonja Henie. The museum said in a statement Thursday that although it acquired the painting in good faith, it has &quot;chosen to adhere to international conventions and return the painting to Rosenberg's heirs.&quot; (AP Photo/Oystein Thorvaldsen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre)" border="0" /></a>AMSTERDAM (AP) â€" A Norwegian museum says it has agreed to return a Matisse once looted by Hermann Goering to the family of Jewish art dealer Paul Rosenberg.</p><br clear="all"/>

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