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Otto Wacker

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German art dealer who became infamous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings by Vincent van Gogh (1898-1970)

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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.

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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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Lived 1898 to 1970 · aged 72
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