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It is to be hoped that John Rothenstein's diary (Report, 26 March) will also tell how he persistently refused the gift to the Tate, from the German-Jewish art historian Rose Schapire in gratitude for her safety in Britain, of a collection of German Expressionist paintings, pre-eminently by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. He was said to have described her as "a conceited fool who no more understands art than a cow understands dancing". This is why the Leicester City Art Gallery has such a fine German Expressionist collection.
Nicholas Jacobs
London
" How wonderful to hear about Barry Crossland's unfashionable, non-materialistic lifestyle (How I spend it, 24 March). But a Green party member boasting about seven holidays in a year? Maybe a bit of joined-up thinking is required.
Margaret Lowndes
Richmond, North Yorkshire