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Otto Wacker
German art dealer who became infamous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings by Vincent van Gogh (1898-1970)
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Lived 1898–1970, aged 72Germany
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Updated 2026-06-18
Otto Wacker (1898–1970) was a German art dealer who became infamous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings by Vincent van Gogh. He had gained a good reputation in the 1920s after false starts in various other professions. Since the end of World War II, he lived in East Berlin. A study of his life and times has been written by Modris Eksteins.
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- Otto Wacker (fałszerz)Low confidencewikipedia · pl.wikipedia.org
- اوتو واكرLow confidencewikipedia · arz.wikipedia.org
- Otto Wacker (Kunsthändler)Low confidencewikipedia · de.wikipedia.org