Things went badly for German art dealer Hans Wendland in 1931. For one thing, there was a Depression on, and for another Wendland was getting a divorce. Wendland wasn’t a terrific guy he lost an early museum job when he was accused of personally profiting off material he acquired while working for the museum, and he appears to have profiteered during the Russian Revolution by purchasing art from fleeing aristocracy. And his divorce may have been the result of his meeting the much-younger woman with whom, a few years later, he moved to Paris.
Things went badly for German art dealer Hans Wendland in 1931. For one thing, there was a Depression on, and for another Wendland was getting a divorce. Wendland wasn’t a terrific guy he lost an early museum job when he was accused of personally profiting off material he acquired while working for the museum, and he appears to have profiteered during the Russian Revolution by purchasing art from fleeing aristocracy. And his divorce may have been the result of his meeting the much-younger woman with whom, a few years later, he moved to Paris.
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