The Resource The Berlin masterpieces in America : paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men, Peter Jonathan Bell and Kristi A. Nelson ; with contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and Nancy Yeide
The Berlin masterpieces in America : paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men, Peter Jonathan Bell and Kristi A. Nelson ; with contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and Nancy Yeide
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- Summary
- This exhibition catalogue focuses on the transfer of 202 paintings from the Berlin State Museums-including many of the greatest 15th to 18th-century works in the Gemäldegalerie-to the United States in the aftermath of World War II. In November 1945, the U.S. military government in Germany ordered that "at least 200 German works of art of greatest importance" be sent to Washington for safekeeping. After two years in storage, they were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and in thirteen other cities across the country in 1948-49, before returning to Germany. The essays in the catalogue explore the controversy that surrounded this transfer of patrimony, as well as the reception of the paintings themselves in the United States. At the heart of the book is Walter I. Farmer, who served in the US Army as a Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives officer-a 'Monuments Man'-and as Director of the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point (1945-46), which housed thousands of artworks recovered at the end of the war. Farmer is responsible for the Wiesbaden Manifesto, which protested the shipment of paintings to the United States and was signed by two-thirds of the Monuments officers active in Europe. Following the war, he was a resident of Cincinnati and stalwart supporter of the arts in the region for almost fifty years
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Note
- "This catalog accompanies the exhibition Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America on display at Cincinnati Art Museum, June 26, 2020-September 6, 2020"--Colophon
- Contents
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- Sold and stolen : the use and abuse of paintings in Nazi Germany and during World War II / Peter Jonathan Bell
- Map : the movements of the "202"
- Walter Farmer and the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden / Tanja Bernsau
- Making art history : the masterpieces' postwar tour / Kristi A. Nelson
- The road (back) to Berlin : the endless journey of the "202" / Neville Rowley
- Walter Ings Farmer : memories of a life
- What's past is prologue : provenance research in American museums / Nancy Yeide
- Catalogue
- Appendix : paintings from the Berlin museums
- Isbn
- 9781911282631
- Label
- The Berlin masterpieces in America : paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men
- Title
- The Berlin masterpieces in America
- Title remainder
- paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Jonathan Bell and Kristi A. Nelson ; with contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and Nancy Yeide
- Subject
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- Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums (Exhibition), 1948-1949, United States
- Painting, European
- Painting, European -- Exhibitions
- Traveling exhibitions -- Political aspects United States | History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This exhibition catalogue focuses on the transfer of 202 paintings from the Berlin State Museums-including many of the greatest 15th to 18th-century works in the Gemäldegalerie-to the United States in the aftermath of World War II. In November 1945, the U.S. military government in Germany ordered that "at least 200 German works of art of greatest importance" be sent to Washington for safekeeping. After two years in storage, they were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., and in thirteen other cities across the country in 1948-49, before returning to Germany. The essays in the catalogue explore the controversy that surrounded this transfer of patrimony, as well as the reception of the paintings themselves in the United States. At the heart of the book is Walter I. Farmer, who served in the US Army as a Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives officer-a 'Monuments Man'-and as Director of the Wiesbaden Central Collecting Point (1945-46), which housed thousands of artworks recovered at the end of the war. Farmer is responsible for the Wiesbaden Manifesto, which protested the shipment of paintings to the United States and was signed by two-thirds of the Monuments officers active in Europe. Following the war, he was a resident of Cincinnati and stalwart supporter of the arts in the region for almost fifty years
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bell, Peter Jonathan
- Dewey number
- 759.4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ND450
- LC item number
- .B45 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- bibliography
- catalogs
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Nelson, Kristi
- Cincinnati Art Museum
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums (Exhibition)
- Painting, European
- Traveling exhibitions
- Cultural property
- Cultural property
- Cultural property
- Painting, European
- Label
- The Berlin masterpieces in America : paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men, Peter Jonathan Bell and Kristi A. Nelson ; with contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and Nancy Yeide
- Note
- "This catalog accompanies the exhibition Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America on display at Cincinnati Art Museum, June 26, 2020-September 6, 2020"--Colophon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliography (pages 215-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Sold and stolen : the use and abuse of paintings in Nazi Germany and during World War II / Peter Jonathan Bell -- Map : the movements of the "202" -- Walter Farmer and the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden / Tanja Bernsau -- Making art history : the masterpieces' postwar tour / Kristi A. Nelson -- The road (back) to Berlin : the endless journey of the "202" / Neville Rowley -- Walter Ings Farmer : memories of a life -- What's past is prologue : provenance research in American museums / Nancy Yeide -- Catalogue -- Appendix : paintings from the Berlin museums
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1138996543
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781911282631
- Lccn
- 2020003317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- Label
- The Berlin masterpieces in America : paintings, politics, and the Monuments Men, Peter Jonathan Bell and Kristi A. Nelson ; with contributions by Tanja Bernsau, Kathryn Griffith, Neville Rowley, and Nancy Yeide
- Note
- "This catalog accompanies the exhibition Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men: The Berlin Masterpieces in America on display at Cincinnati Art Museum, June 26, 2020-September 6, 2020"--Colophon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliography (pages 215-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Sold and stolen : the use and abuse of paintings in Nazi Germany and during World War II / Peter Jonathan Bell -- Map : the movements of the "202" -- Walter Farmer and the Central Collecting Point in Wiesbaden / Tanja Bernsau -- Making art history : the masterpieces' postwar tour / Kristi A. Nelson -- The road (back) to Berlin : the endless journey of the "202" / Neville Rowley -- Walter Ings Farmer : memories of a life -- What's past is prologue : provenance research in American museums / Nancy Yeide -- Catalogue -- Appendix : paintings from the Berlin museums
- Control code
- MSTDDAPRINT1138996543
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 224 pages
- Isbn
- 9781911282631
- Lccn
- 2020003317
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
Subject
- Masterpieces from the Berlin Museums (Exhibition), 1948-1949, United States
- Painting, European
- Painting, European -- Exhibitions
- Traveling exhibitions -- Political aspects United States | History -- 20th century
- 1900-1999
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Repatriation
- Cultural property -- Moral and ethical aspects
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