A dubious million-dollar gift (Swiss Press Text 2016, by Oliver Meier) - Swiss Press Award
Berner Zeitung
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2016
Oliver Meier
Uncovering the dubious origins of a painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, which the management of the Kunstmuseum Bern purchased from the Kornfeld Gallery in 2000 with anonymous funds. A search for clues reveals that the painting was confiscated by the Nazis as a private loan in Bremen. Today, the museum management remains silent on the matter.
