''Bathers with a Turtle'' is a painting by

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...

from 1907 to 1908, in the collection of the

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. In 1908 it was acquired by Karl Ernst Osthaus who included it into the Folkwang Museum in

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. It was removed from being exhibited by the Nazis in 1937 and brought to Niederschönhausen Palace. It was purchased for $2400 by Joseph Pulitzer Jr. in 1939 at an auction of art that the Nazi government considered " degenerate". The socalled " Degenerate Art auction" took place in the Grand Hotel National in

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. Pulitzer purchased it at the urging of Matisse's son Pierre Matisse, in order to prevent the artwork from being destroyed, despite the profit from the auction going to the Nazis. Pulitzer later donated it to the art museum in Saint Louis.

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1908 paintings Paintings by Henri Matisse Nude paintings of women Turtles in art Paintings in the Saint Louis Art Museum Bathing in art Oil on canvas paintings Nazi-looted art {{20C-painting-stub

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