Brings together essays and lectures on Van Gogh and Cezanne by the art dealer and scholar, Walter Feilchenfeldt. This book traces the often convoluted movements of works which are considered masterpieces, from their origins to their present owners, including forgeries and misattributions, illustrated throughout by reproduction of those works.

This richly illustrated volume brings together essays and lectures on Van Gogh and Cezanne by the internationally renowned art dealer and scholar, Walter Feilchenfeldt. The book traces the often convoluted movements of works now considered masterpieces, from their origins to their present owners, not to mention forgeries and misattributions, illustrated throughout by superb reproduction of the works in question.

Preface: Dealing and Art
How does one become an art dealer?
What is Art? - as short an answer as (im)possible
Edgar Degas in Tubingen: The making of an exhibition
Van Gogh and Paul Cassirer Berlin: The Reception of Van Gogh in Germany from 1901 - 1914
Van Gogh Fakes: The Wacker Affair
Questions on Authenticity of Works by Van Gogh
Early Provenances - Van Gogh and Ambrose Vollard
The Early Reception of Cezanne's Work in Germany
Cezanne's Collectors: from Zola to Annenberg
Cezanne's Motives - A new concept of order
Cezanne's Drawings - Small sizes: sketches
Large Sizes: Watercolours without Colour
Cezanne's Paintings: Size and Subject - Authenticity
John Rewald: Cezanne and Germany - Cezanne and America
Doctor Gachet: A Friend of Cezanne and Van Gogh?
Questions of authenticity of works by Cezanne
Cezanne: Finished - Unfinished: Introduction - Bathers
After Gauguin's Visit in Arles: Van Gogh's Abandoned Paintings
Epilogue: Art Dealers as Cultural Vehicles.