Paul Cassirer: The Berlin Gallerist Who Brought Modern Art to Germany (faz.net)

• First German gallery to feature French Impressionists and van Gogh.
• Alte Nationalgalerie presents a retrospective with 80 masterpieces.
• Cassirer was a key patron of the Berlin Secession and modern art.

"Paul Cassirer was the first German gallerist to exhibit works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, and van Gogh in Berlin. Now, the Alte Nationalgalerie honors him with an exhibition packed with masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Cassirer shaped the German art market in the early 20th century and championed modern art against conservative opposition."