# Richard Semmel

> German Jewish businessman and art collector (1875–1950)

**Wikidata**: [Q20191393](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20191393)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Semmel)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/richard-semmel


## References

1. RKDartists
2. [Source](https://www.stolpersteine-berlin.de/de/stolpersteine-finden/download)
3. [Source](https://www.lootedart.com/RJKX8X651641)
4. [Netherlands Will Return 13 Artworks Lost During Nazi Occupation](https://lootedart.com/news.php?r=NTIR0H115161)
5. Heirs Outraged as Dutch Panel Rejects Nazi-Era Art Claim
6. [US collector and Dutch dealer reject Nazi loot claim](https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=RNG853562341)
7. [German Lost Art Foundation](https://www.lostart.de/en/Verlust/572264)
8. Lost Art Internet Database
9. [Source](https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/hotung-he-dong-the-personal-collection-of-sir-joseph-hotung-part-2-evening/nature-morte-aux-reines-marguerites)
10. [Source](https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=QEKRI4406661)
11. [Source](https://lootedart.com/news.php?r=Q1MO5Q484101)
12. [Source](https://www.lootedart.com/news.php?r=RNG853562341)
13. [Source](https://www.lostart.de/de/verlust/person/semmel-richard/571265#objektgruppen)
14. [Lost Art Internet Database](https://web.archive.org/web/20230924041919/https://www.lostart.de/de/verlust/objekt/strasse-die-roten-daecher-le-chemin-la-route-montante/572224)
15. [Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection](https://www.buehrle.ch/en/collection/?tx_buehrlewerkliste_werkliste%5Bwerk%5D=65&tx_buehrlewerkliste_werkliste%5Baction%5D=show&cHash=eed000fb7ceaa552e7c305e47777939a)
16. [Source](https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2007/impressionist-modern-art-evening-sale-n08359/lot.6.html)
17. [Source](https://records.collectionstrust.org.uk/spoliation/renoir-pierre-auguste-1841-1919-3/)
18. [2024](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kunstmuseum-basel-pays-heirs-of-jewish-collector-pissarro-work-2569686)
19. [Source](https://www.lostart.de/de/Verlust/572263)
20. [Source](https://www.lostart.de/de/Verlust/572281)
21. [Source](https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/la-vie-en-rose/pierre-auguste-renoir-1841-1919-12/85790)
22. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20190630131740/http://herkomstgezocht.nl/nl/nk-collectie/portret-van-een-man-30)
23. [Source](https://www.restitutiecommissie.nl/en/recommendation/semmel/)
24. [Source](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-5766397)
25. [Art Stolen by Nazis Goes to Auction. 2014](https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303973704579355161451467386)
26. [Source](https://www.lostart.de/de/Verlust/572251)
27. [Source](https://sammlung.museum-barberini.de/en/MB-Mon-35_claude-monet-the-pond-snow-effect)
28. [Source](https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6368782)