Arthur Brand (investigator) explained

Arthur Brand (born)[1] is a Dutch art crime investigator[2] who has recovered over 200 works of art.[3] His vocation is being an art historian and art consultant.[4] [5] It is for the love of art that he takes on lost art recovery as a personal interest.[6]

Brand's interest in stolen art recovery began when he was an exchange student in southern Spain. Together with some Romani people he met there, he went on a treasure hunt that resulted in the discovery of three silver Roman coins. He was inspired by that journey to begin conducting detective work on his own. He conducted research through newspapers to learn about stolen works of art.

Amongst other works, he tracked down a 1600-year-old missing mosaic, and a Byzantine-era depiction of St. Mark that was stolen four decades previously.[7] He also helped recover Salvador Dalí’s "Adolescence", during which CBS quoted that "He's described as the Indiana Jones of the art world".[8] Other recovered works include Tamara de Lempicka's The Musician.[9] Brand was involved in the pursuit of several paintings that were stolen from the Dutch city of Hoorn. He retrieved Oscar Wilde's ring, returned to Oxford University's Magdalen College, Picasso's Buste de Femme and Van Gogh's The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in September 2023.[10] Six paintings stolen from the town hall of Medemblik in September 2023 were delivered anonymously to Brand's door in October 2023.[11]

He has written two books[12] about his recoveries (Hitler's Horses and Het verboden Judas-evangelie en de schat van Carchemish) and there is a Dutch documentary series about his recoveries: De Kunstdetective.[13] A third book, De kunstdetective has been announced for publication by Boekerij in June 2024.[14]

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. News: Boztas . Senay . Arthur Brand: ‘I never give up informants - they will shoot you dead’ . 18 October 2023 . The Guardian . 25 September 2023.
  2. News: Stolen Dutch Art Shows Up in Ukraine, but Getting It Back Isn't Easy. 2018-11-19. en. New York Times. Nina . Siegal. 15 December 2015. The museum hired Arthur Brand, a Dutch art crime investigator, to go to Ukraine to negotiate with the militia, the Battalion of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists..
  3. News: Dutch paintings retrieved from the black market after more than a decade. 2016-10-05. CNN Style. 2018-11-19. en.
  4. Web site: 2019-03-26. The 'Indiana Jones of the Art World' Has Found a $28 Million Picasso Stolen From a Saudi Prince's Yacht Two Decades Ago. 2021-02-13. Artnet News. en-US.
  5. Web site: Jones . Ralph. Meet the world's greatest art detective. 2021-02-13. www.bbc.com. en.
  6. Web site: Confessions of an art detective: Arthur Brand. 2021-02-13. The Gentleman's Journal. en-GB.
  7. News: Missing 1,600-year-old mosaic returned after four decades. 2018-11-19. CNN Style. 2018-11-19. en.
  8. News: Investigator "100 percent sure" stolen art from legendary heist is in Ireland. CBS News. 19 November 2018. 12 July 2017. He's described as the Indiana Jones of the art world. en.
  9. Web site: How an art detective recovered two stolen multi-million pound paintings. 2016-08-03. The Independent . en. 2019-01-16.
  10. News: 'Handed over in an Ikea bag': art detective recovers Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum . 2023-09-12 . The Art Newspaper . 2023-09-12 . en.
  11. News: Dutch art sleuth recovers a further six stolen paintings . 18 October 2023 . The Guardian . 17 October 2023.
  12. Web site: Boeken. 2020-10-09. Arthur Brand. nl.
  13. Web site: De Kunstdetective . MAX Vandaag . 18 October 2023 . nl.
  14. Web site: De kunstdetective . Boekerij . 18 October 2023 . nl . 28 June 2021.

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