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Otto Wacker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Otto Wacker (?-?) was a (A person of German nationality) German art dealer who became famous for commissioning and selling forgeries of paintings of (Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890)) Vincent Van Gogh. |
 | | Wacker managed to convince prominent Van Gogh experts Jacob Baart de la Faille, Meier-Graefe and Hans Rosenhagen that the paintings he was selling were genuine. |
 | | Wacker's paintings were to be exhibited in December 1927 in Cassirer Exhibition by the firm of Paul Cassirer in Berlin. |
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