German experts have long agreed that Michael Hulton, the sole surviving heir to an illustrious Jewish art collector forced to flee the Nazis, has a strong case for restitution. But after years of waiting, he’s running out of patience – and time.
Hulton, 78, is the great-nephew of Alfred Flechtheim, a pre-eminent cultural figure of the “Roaring Twenties” whose refined taste for the avant garde and infectious enthusiasm made him a tastemaker of early 20th-century Germany.
