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When Kallir died and Jane surveyed the work he left behind, she began thinking that if finances allowed, she’d like to one day complete her grandfather’s mission.

The question of where to donate the art came next, and Jane said there weren’t many places that came into play when she was looking for institutions with a long-standing commitment to Germanic modernism.

When Kallir fled the Nazis in 1938, immediately after the annexation of Austria, he had no problem taking Schiele paintings, watercolors and drawings out of Austria “because the Nazis considered Schiele degenerate,” Jane said.

“I actually told him when he was leaving I’m really happy we’re at the point of having a conversation,” Machuca said.

“I feel when I came back, my head switched. I was a way better person, better in the classroom, better on the field. I felt I was controlling my emotions more.”