Hermann Frenkel, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hermann Frenkel

German banker

Date of Birth: 21-May-1850

Date of Death: 26-May-1932

Profession: banker

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Hermann Frenkel

  • Hermann Frenkel (born May 21, 1850, Danzig - died May 26, 1932, Berlin) was a partner of the Jacquier and Securius Bank and after 1923 a partner of Friedrich Minoux, owner of the Wannsee Villa, later the venue of the Wannsee Conference.
  • Frenkel was a Privy Commercial Councillor (Geheimer Kommerzienrat), and one of the founders of Universum Film AG.
  • Frenkel was also a noted art collector, who concentrated on German, French, and Spanish 19th-century paintings, as well as Dutch 17th-century and Venetian 18th-century works.
  • His heirs sold most of the collection in October 1932.
  • Some works were not sold, among them a still-life by Snyders, which today is in the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf, which was bought in 1938.

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