French masterpieces looted by Nazis set to fetch £20m at auction

Pointillist works by Pissarro and Signac returned to the family of a Jewish art collector are expected to raise millions at auction

Three neo-impressionist masterpieces that were looted by the Nazis from the homes of a Jewish collector during the German occupation of France are to be auctioned in London.

The works by Camille Pissarro and Paul Signac, described by experts as "exceptional", were recently handed back to the heirs of Gaston Li(C)vy, a successful businessman, property developer and art collector in Paris in the 1930s.