Lea Bondi
Lea Bondi Jaray | |
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| Born | Lea Bondi 12 December 1880 |
| Died | 1969 (aged 88–89) |
| Occupation | art dealer |
| Known for | Struggle to recover Egon Schiele‘s “Portrait of Wally” wrongfully expropriated by the Nazis in 1939. |
Lea Bondi, later Lea Jaray or Lea Bondi-Jaray (12 December 1880 – 1969) was an Austrian art dealer and art collector who was forced to emigrate to Great Britain due to Nazi persecution after the annexation of Austria to the Nazi German Reich. The Würthle Gallery, which she ran, was "Aryanized" by Nazis and her art collection, including the Portrait of Wally by Egon Schiele, extorted.