How to Get Rich Selling Art During a World War
France in 1940 was not the best time to get started in the art business. But Aimé Maeght was living in the unoccupied Côte d'Azur, where "there was not enough art to go around." Matisse and Bonnard, whose studios in occupied Paris were closed, were nearby and needed income. Thus (with some smuggling thrown in) was a great career and fortune made... New Statesman 09/25/08

Posted September 29, 2008 07:41 PM