Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2011, photo, the signature of French impressionist painter Claude Monet is seen on the corner of his vast water lilies painting at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland. FILE - A woman takes a photo of Nympheas in the French Impressionist painter Claude Monet's gardens (Jardins de Claude Monet) in in Giverny, northwestern France, on Aug. 29, 2024.

On the eve of World War II, Nazis in Austria seized a pastel by renowned impressionist artist Claude Monet, selling it off and sparking a family's decadeslong search that culminated Wednesday in New Orleans.