Looted art, gay rights merge in recovery of Polish painting
WARSAW, Poland (AP) A same-sex Los Angeles couple was dumbfounded when Homeland Security agents showed up at their home with the news that a beloved old portrait hanging in their kitchen had been looted by the Nazis from Poland's National Museum during World War II.
With heavy hearts, they relinquished the 17th-century painting, "Portrait of a Lady" by the Flemish artist Melchior Geldorp, which they had bought unaware of its origins, donating along with it a 19th-century frame they had bought for it. The portrait is now hanging again in the National Museum in Warsaw.
The two, Craig Gilmore and David Crocker, were recently back in Poland using the connections they gained with their goodwill gesture to reach out to the local LGBT community, offering financial help and solidarity to a group that faces misunderstanding and discrimination.
https://www.starherald.com/features/national_entertainment/looted-art-gay-rights-merge-in-recovery-of-polish-painting/article_e179a67a-c670-53cd-90ac-e1e42762a095.html
(Scottsbluff Star-Herald)
A Los Angeles couple, Craig Gilmore, right, and David Crocker, pose in front of a 17th painting, "Portrait of a Lady" by the Flemish artist Melchior Geldorp at the National Museum in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 5, 2019. The two were dumbfounded when Homeland Security agents showed up at their home in 2016 with news the work been looted by the Nazis from Poland's National Museum during World War II.