The Munich Art Hoard
The Munich Art Hoard
Tuesday 01 March 2016
The Munich Art Hoard
The Munich Art Hoard
Tuesday 01 March 2016
Author Catherine Hickley talks about her book
'The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's dealer and his Secret Legacy'
In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, German customs authorities seized 1,280 paintings, drawings and prints by artists including Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Chagall, Otto Dix and Paul Klee.
Former Bloomberg arts reporter Catherine Hickley delved into archives and conducted dozens of interviews to uncover the story behind the headlines. Her book illuminates a dark period of German history, untangling a web of deceit and silence that has prevented the heirs of Jewish collectors from recovering art stolen from their families more than seven decades ago by the Nazis.
At the centre of that web is the art dealer who assembled the collection, Cornelius’s ambitious father Hildebrand Gurlitt. A quarter Jewish, in the pre-war years he was a courageous advocate of the modern art that Adolf Hitler condemned as ‘degenerate’. Yet Gurlitt’s anti-Nazi beliefs could not overcome the lure of the money and prestige he was to earn as Hitler’s chief art buyer in occupied Paris. He became a pawn of the regime he professed to hate, even exploiting the plight of fellow Jews to acquire pictures and profits.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £5.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
2.00pm in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Grand Hall
Tickets £5.00
Non members please email: [email protected] for ticket information
Author Catherine Hickley talks about her book
'The Munich Art Hoard: Hitler's dealer and his Secret Legacy'
In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, Cornelius Gurlitt, German customs authorities seized 1,280 paintings, drawings and prints by artists including Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Chagall, Otto Dix and Paul Klee.
Former Bloomberg arts reporter Catherine Hickley delved into archives and conducted dozens of interviews to uncover the story behind the headlines. Her book illuminates a dark period of German history, untangling a web of deceit and silence that has prevented the heirs of Jewish collectors from recovering art stolen from their families more than seven decades ago by the Nazis.
At the centre of that web is the art dealer who assembled the collection, Cornelius’s ambitious father Hildebrand Gurlitt. A quarter Jewish, in the pre-war years he was a courageous advocate of the modern art that Adolf Hitler condemned as ‘degenerate’. Yet Gurlitt’s anti-Nazi beliefs could not overcome the lure of the money and prestige he was to earn as Hitler’s chief art buyer in occupied Paris. He became a pawn of the regime he professed to hate, even exploiting the plight of fellow Jews to acquire pictures and profits.
Further Details:
Cost per person: £5.00
Booking has now closed for this event.
2.00pm in the Whitworth Art Gallery, Grand Hall
Tickets £5.00
Non members please email: [email protected] for ticket information
EVENT DATE
MARCH 01, 2016
COST
£5.00 per person
POSTAL BOOKINGS
Booking Closed
NUMBER OF PLACES
Not specified/unlimited
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