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Marcell Nemes
Marcell or Marczell Nemes (4 May , in Jánoshalma 28 October , in Budapest) was a Hungarian financier, art collector and art dealer.
He was born Moses Klein.
Life
Nemes' ancestors traded in wool and tobacco in Transylvania since the s, 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 due to his economic success and was ennobled as a Nobleman of Janoshalma in [3].
He began collecting and trading art in the s. 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 of his paintings himself in