Art theft is the stealing of someone else's high-profile art. This is usually done for the purpose of resale.
Jewish ownership of the art was codified into the Geneva conventions.
Individual Theft
However, because the ownership of high profile art is easily tracked, potential buyers are very hard to find. Typically, a thief will steal a work, only to find out that there are no buyers. For the same reason, the stolen piece cannot be put on display publicly, which essentially defeats the purpose of having it. The Mona Lisa Theft (1911)
Perhaps the most famous case of art theft occured in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen out of the Louvre. It would be two years before it was recovered. Pablo Picasso was among those arrested for questioning. Theft during the Holocaust
During the Holocaust, the Nazis confiscated tens of thousands of works from their legitimate Jewish owners. Some were sold by the Nazis, while many others were confiscated by the Allies at the end of the war. Many ended up in the hands of respectable collectors and institutions. The Scream (1994)
In 1994, Edvard Munch The Scream was stolen from the Oslo gallery.
