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This presentation will explore the life and legacy of Lea Bondi Jaray, a prominent Jewish art dealer in interwar Vienna whose gallery and personal collection fell victim to Nazi persecution. As the Third Reich tightened its grip on Austria, Bondi Jaray’s gallery was forcibly “Aryanized” – seized and transferred to non-Jewish hands under duress, stripping her of both livelihood and heritage. Among the most infamous losses was Egon Schiele’s Portrait of Wally, a painting that later became the centerpiece of a landmark restitution battle decades after World War II. Sponsored by the Van Winkle Foundation.

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