My Grandfather's Gallery: A legendary art dealer’s escape from Vichy France  -  Anne Sinclair

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On 20 September 1940, Paul Rosenberg disembarked in New York, just one of hundreds of tired Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his celebrated Paris gallery, Paul had managed to save his family; his paintings weren't all so fortunate. Some - the Picassos at MoMA's first retrospective - were already safely abroad. But dozens of works by Cézanne, Monet and Sisley were seized by Nazi forces, destined for Swiss galleries and private collections.
Drawing on her grandfather's astonishingly intimat...
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2014 Uitgever: Profile Books 288 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1781251010 ISBN-13: 9781781251010