Dispute over Matisse stolen by Nazis

The family of a prominent Parisian art dealer is demanding that a Norwegian museum return a Henri Matisse painting seized by Nazis during the Second World War.

The theft, under the direction of Hermann Goering, has sparked the latest dispute over art stolen from Jews during the war.

The painting at the centre of the row, Matisse’s 1937 Blue Dress In A Yellow Armchair, depicts a woman sitting in a living room.