Hildebrand Gurlitt

Berne museum accepts art from controversial Gurlitt family collection

Reclusive collector Cornelius Gurlitt exacts revenge on Germany for taking paintings

Lawyer for Cornelius Gurlitt insists most works in his hoard are his rightful property

Impressionist painting of Paris to be sold - seven decades after its owner died in Auschwitz

There is little agreement as to whether the statute of limitations applies

Gurlitt claims paintings were purchased legally by his father and are rightfully his

Cornelius Gurlitt denies father extorted works from Jewish owners during Nazi era

Bavarian authorities promise taskforce to expedite provenance research of 1,400 works

Names will be released on website set up to establish provenance of seized works

Investigators have no contact with elderly man who hoarded 1,400 priceless art works for decades

The 1,500 works found in squalid apartment include pieces by Picasso, Matisse and Renoir