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On 30th June 1939, in Lucerne, art dealer Theodor Fischer wrote a dark chapter in the history of 20th century art by auctioning off one hundred and twenty-five “masterpieces of modern art” pilfered from German museums by the government of the Third Reich, works by the great artists of the era but qualified as “degenerate” by the Nazi “philosophers”.

On 1st August 1939, Jacques Ochs, Auguste Buisseret and Olympe Gilbart visited Paris, seeking paintings by modern artists that they wished to obtain for the Fine Arts Museum of Liège.

Starting with the very inception of the comic strip through to the golden age of comics and beyond, rediscover original works of Blake and Mortimer, Tintin, Gaston Lagaffe, Lucky Luke... and many, many more!

The selling of "degenerate art" from Lucerne, the Paris Purchases, the comic strips and Treasures of the Museum of Fine Arts of Liège, find out the full history of the works that have been acquired by the City of Liège from the pre-war period through to present day.