The estate of gallery owner Ferdinand Möller (1882-1956) contains valuable material about the development of the art trade in the first half of the Twentieth century. From 1917 in Breslau, then in Berlin, Potsdam and finally in Cologne from 1951-1956, Möller was an important supporter of the BRÜCKE artists and German modernism. Because of his widespread connections to collectors and agents inside and outside of Germany he was involved in the Nazi controlled ‘disposal’ of those works of art that had previously been classed as ‘degenerate’ and which had been confiscated from museums and public collections in Germany.

A project sponsored by the Ferdinand Möller Foundation, initially scheduled to last 18 months, will analyse and record which works of art are linked to the estate, which represents a nearly 40-year-long period of activity, and their paths in connection with Ferdinand Möller.