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When the Allies invaded Germany in April 1945, General Patton's 3rd US Army discovered the collections of the Berlin museums in a salt mine 2100 feet underground. Under the care of the "Monuments Men", the collections were brought to Wiesbaden to the "Central Collecting Point", which was headed by Captain Walter I. Farmer from Cincinnati. In November 1945, the US 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 tour of 13 US cities.
The book tells the story of how and why some of the world's most famous artworks toured the US in the first "blockbuster" exhibition.
The book tells the story of how and why some of the world's most famous artworks toured the US in the first "blockbuster" exhibition.
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- Books (second-hand)
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- Second Hand
- Author
- Bell, Peter Jonathan/Nelson, Kristi A.
- Title
- The Berlin Masterpieces in America. Paintings, Politics, and the Monuments Men
- Details
- English text. many bw and colour illustrations. Cincinnati: Cincinnati Art Museum 2020. 224 pages.
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