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Why The New York Times Is A Great Newspaper (Nazi Art Plundering Edition)
In their prime (which is to say the 1940s), the Nazis seized roughly 100,000 works of art – worth maybe $10 billion – from German families who happened to be Jewish. This is the story of 400 of those artworks … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Rosenberg, Braque, Cezanne, Marianne Rosenberg, Matisse, Nazi art plundering, New York Times, Norway, Paul Rosenberg, Picasso, Renoir, The Crusades
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Cezanne’s Card Players
Hidden gem alert: The Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House in London. On view now is the exhibit “Cezzane’s Card Players,” which assembles all but two of Paul Cezanne’s studies and finished works of what many think is his greatest painting. … Continue reading
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Tagged Card players, Cezanne, Courtauld Gallery, Derain, Diaghelev, Dufy, Matisse, Somerset House, V&A, Vlaminck
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