New York : Renowned painter Norman Rockwell's painting "Russian Schoolroom", stolen from an art gallery over 30 years ago, was found in filmmaker Steven Spielberg's house.

Spielberg bought the painting from a dealer in 1989 and was alerted to its background when one of his employees saw the painting on an FBI web site that listed stolen artworks.

After the FBI was alerted, an investigation was concluded, and on Friday the painting's authenticity was confirmed. The painting was stolen from the Clayton Art Gallery in Clayton, Missouri, in the late 1970s.

Hollywood.com quoted Spielberg's spokesman, Marvin Levy, as saying: "Spielberg is certainly one of the collectors of Rockwell. We have a few in our office on the Universal lot."

A New York-born artist, Rockwell died of emphysema in November 1978.

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