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PublisherGiles The Limited, D.
ISBN-101911282638
ISBN-139781911282631
eBay Product ID (ePID)10038906850
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Book TitleBerlin Masterpieces in America : Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicHistory / Contemporary (1945-), General
IllustratorYes
GenreArt
AuthorNeville Rowley
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight31.7 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width7.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2020-003317
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Reviews"All the Berlin 202 are illustrated in the catalogue, providing a valuable documentary record."--Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper A compact and beautifully produced catalog." "Most valuable...for its content that relates to the history of collecting, museology, provenance, and cultural patrimony."--Margot McIlwain Nishimura, ARLIS/NA "The first publication to address this fascinating chapter in cultural history"-- Fine Art Today, "A compact and beautifully produced catalog." "Most valuable...for its content that relates to the history of collecting, museology, provenance, and cultural patrimony."--Margot McIlwain Nishimura, ARLIS/NA "The first publication to address this fascinating chapter in cultural history"-- Fine Art Today
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal759.4
Table Of ContentForeword Introduction Sold and Stolen: The Use and Abuse of Paintings during World War II by Peter Bell Map: The Movements of the "202" Walter Farmer and the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden by Tanja Bernsau Making Art History: The Masterpieces' Postwar Tour by Kristi Nelson The Road (Back) to Berlin: The Endless Journey of the "202" by Neville Rowley Walter Ings Farmer: Memories of a Life What's Past is Prologue: Provenance Research in American Museums by Nancy Yeide Catalogue: Art and Injustice under Nazi Rule; The Berlin "202"; Walter Ings Farmer and the Cincinnati Art Museum Appendix: Paintings from the Berlin Museums: Travel Schedule; Checklist; Related Documents Bibliography Photo Credits Index
SynopsisTells the fascinating story of how, and why, 202 of the world's most iconic artworks toured the USA after World War II., 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 restituting works of art looted by the Nazis. This book is the first to consider the paintings themselves; it features 22 artworks that were in the original NGA exhibition, including four paintings on loan from Berlin, augmented by others from Cincinnati Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Getty Museum, Miami University (Oxford, OH), and the Taft Museum., As the Allies advanced into Germany in April 1945, General Patton's Third Army discovered the collections of the Berlin museums hidden in a salt mine 2,100 feet underground. Placed in the care of the "Monuments Men," the collections were sent to the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point, directed by Captain Walter I. Farmer of Cincinnati. In November 1945, the U.S. military government in Germany ordered that 202 "works of art of the greatest importance" from German public collections be sent to Washington for safekeeping. After two years in storage, they were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in 1948, before being sent on a whistle-stop tour of 13 U.S. cities. The Berlin Masterpieces in America: Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men tells the story of how, and why, some of the world's most iconic artworks toured the USA in what became the first blockbuster show. This fully illustrated volume is the first to examine the entire journey of the "202" and its historical-political implications - from the salt mines to the Wiesbaden CCP to their sensational tour and return to a very different Germany at the onset of the Cold War. It offers insights into Farmer and his fellow Monuments Men's protest of the transfer, the "Wiesbaden Manifesto;" the logistics of the US tour and popular reactions to the unprecedented exhibition in post-war America. This history is framed by essays on the fate of artworks in Nazi Germany and during the war, and on the significance of modern efforts to research the history of ownership of works of art. Augmenting the essays are an exhibition catalogue, interviews with the people closest to Walter Farmer in his later life, and a complete illustrated checklist of the "202." The Berlin Masterpieces in America is a significant contribution to the growing interest in re-evaluating the policy of using art as political propaganda, and with the enduring problems of provenance and restitution.
LC Classification NumberND450.B47 2020
