Neville Rowley The Berlin Masterpieces in America (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

by Neville Rowley

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Further Details Title: The Berlin Masterpieces in America Condition: New Author: Neville Rowley Publisher: D Giles Ltd Contributor: Kristi A Nelson (Edited by), Neville Rowley (Contributions by), Peter J Bell (Edited by) Subtitle: Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men EAN: 9781911282631 ISBN: 9781911282631 Format: Hardback Release Date: 07/20/2020 Language: English Genre: Arts & Photography Item Height: 241mm Item Length: 191mm Description: This new volume tells the story of some of the paintings rescued by the the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives (MFAA) organization, the so-called "Monuments Men." In December 1945, 202 paintings, found in German salt mines 2,100 feet underground, where they had been hidden to escape the allied bombing of Berlin, were brought to the United States "for safe keeping" by the Department of the Army. They were exhibited in 1948 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, before some of them were sent on a whistle-stop tour of 13 US cities, despite furious opposition from museum directors, Gallery staff, the public, government officials, and a resolution from 98 leading art authorities demanding the immediate return of the works to Germany. All the paintings, examples of Flemish, Dutch, German, French, English, and Italian Schools, were from museums in Berlin, and had been found in April 1945, along with 100 tons of Reichsbank gold, by the special team of art historians and experts, seconded in the US army, and charged with locating and res

• Publisher: Giles The Limited, D.
• Year: 2020
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9781911282631
• Condition: Fine

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