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Marcell Nemes
Marcell or Marczell Nemes (4 May 1866, in Jánoshalma – 28 October 1930, in Budapest) was a Hungarian financier, art collector and art dealer.
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He was born Moses Klein.
Life
Nemes' ancestors traded in wool and tobacco in Transylvania since the 1830s, expanding into the timber and coal trade and financial transactions by the end of the 19th century.[1][2] Marcell Nemes Magyarized his name, and was appointed a Royal Hungarian Councillor in 1903 due to his economic success and was ennobled as a Nobleman of Janoshalma in 1908[3].
He began collecting and trading art in the 1890s. In addititon to woven fabrics from the Renaissance, he collected furniture, sculptures and old paintings from the Dutch and Flemish 17th century, as well as paintings by his contemporaries, especially 19th century French painting from Eugène Delacroix to Vincent van Gogh.[4] Nemes became one of the rediscoverers of El Greco by finding some