The abstract work was looted by the Nazis, displayed in a Dutch museum and finally returned to its owners. It’s now the star piece at this year’s TEFAF.
Murnau with Church IIwhich was made in 1910 by Wassily Kandinskybelonged to Johanna Margarete Stern y Siegbert Samuel Stern, both were German Jewish art collectors. In 1935, Siegbert died of natural causes. Johanna escapes from Nazi Germany, taking refuge in Amsterdam, where she sold part of her collection. Finally, when the Nazis occupied the Netherlands,…