The Berlin Masterpieces in America: Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men Bell Peter Jonathan
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…
Specifikacia The Berlin Masterpieces in America: Paintings, Politics and the Monuments Men Bell Peter Jonathan
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
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