Creating the oil flower paintings was a challenge for her, particularly when the photo she was trying to paint had more than one flower and one of them was somewhat blurry.

The paintings, Picasso’s “Tête” and Chagall’s “L’homme en prière”, were stolen from an art collector in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 2010 and are worth $900,000.

The box of paintings, oil on board, had been discovered near it. They were done in a quick and loose style, depicting faces with exaggerated traits: snuff-stained lips, protruding teeth, long ...