Federal court records show the University of Oklahoma has reached a proposed settlement in a lawsuit filed by a French woman who alleged the school’s art museum housed a painting stolen from her father by Nazi allies during World War II, The Frontier reported Wednesday.
A lawsuit filed in Oklahoma’s Western District of federal court by Léone Meyer had sought the return of an 1886 Camille Pissarro oil painting titled “La bergère rentrant des moutons” (more commonly referred to as “La Bergère.”) Meyer initially filed the lawsuit in 2013 and amended it in July.
Court records indicate Meyer and university officials reached a proposed settlement after a Nov. 9 meeting in New York City to negotiate the painting’s return.
