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Wassily Kandinsky

This undated image, provided by the Lenbachhaus Museum in Munich, Germany, shows the 1907 painting 'Das bunte Leben' (The Colorful Life) by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. (Lenbachhaus Museum via AP)
October 16, 2026, 3:00 pm
Kandinsky painting, restituted to Jewish family after Nazi looting, sells for over $42 million
‘The Colorful Life’ exceeds upper limit of estimated price by almost $10 million after six-minute bidding war, becoming highest-valued lot of the night, Christie’s says
By ToI Staff
Members of staff hold the painting 'Murnau with Church II' by Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky in 1910 is on display during a media preview of Sotheby's auction, in London, February 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
March 2, 2023, 8:51 am
Kandinsky work recovered by heirs of Jewish Holocaust victim sells for record $45m
‘Murnau Mit Kirche II’ belonged to Johanna Margarethe Stern, who was murdered in Auschwitz, and was returned to her descendants last year by a Dutch museum
By AFP
'Painting with Houses' by Wassily Kandinsky, which was stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust. (Courtesy of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam)
February 28, 2022, 7:31 pm
Kandinsky painting sold to Amsterdam museum during WWII returned to Jewish heirs
‘Bild mit Haeusern’ handed to the descendants of collector Emmanuel Lewenstein
By AFP
Wassily Kandinsky, Painting with Houses ( Courtesy/ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
August 28, 2021, 4:42 am
Amsterdam to return Kandinsky painting to Jewish family following public outcry
‘Painting with Houses,’ worth $22 million, was acquired from Irina Klein and her husband, under duress during the Holocaust, for $1,600
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Tourists view a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)
February 23, 2021, 6:38 am
Amsterdam mayor wants state to return $22 million Nazi-looted painting
Wassily Kandinsky’s ‘Painting with Houses’ hangs in city-owned Stedelijk Museum even though it was looted by Nazis from its original Jewish owners
By Cnaan Liphshiz
'Painting with Houses' ('Bild mit Häusern'), a 1909 painting by Wassily Kandinsky. (Wikimedia Commons/PD-old-75)
December 16, 2020, 5:34 pm
Dutch court refuses to return $22m Kandinsky painting to Jewish heirs
Judges uphold Restitutions Committee ruling that disputed artwork stay in Stedelijk Museum and not be returned to family of original owners
By AP
Tourists stand near a disputed Wassily Kandinsky painting at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, July 10, 2019. (Canaan Lidor)
December 9, 2020, 12:41 pm
Dutch government criticizes its own policy on Holocaust-stolen art
Commission finds Restitutions Committee has damaged Netherlands’ reputation by refusing to return some items held in museums, among them disputed $22m Kandinsky painting
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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