The Resource My grandfather's gallery : a family memoir of art and war, Anne Sinclair ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside
My grandfather's gallery : a family memoir of art and war, Anne Sinclair ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside
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- Summary
- "A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoir On September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg had managed to save his family, but his paintings--modern masterpieces by Cézanne, Monet, Sisley, and others--were not so fortunate. As he fled, dozens of works were seized by Nazi forces and the art dealer's own legacy was eradicated. More than half a century later, Anne Sinclair uncovered a box filled with letters. "Curious in spite of myself," she writes, "I plunged into these archives, in search of the story of my family. To find out who my mother's father really was. a man hailed as a pioneer in the world of modern art, who then became a pariah in his own country during the Second World War. I was overcome with a desire to fit together the pieces of this French story of art and war." Drawing on her grandfather's intimate correspondence with Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and others, Sinclair takes us on a personal journey through the life of a legendary member of the Parisian art scene in My Grandfather's Gallery. Rosenberg's story is emblematic of millions of Jews, rich and poor, whose lives were indelibly altered by World War II. Sinclair's journey to reclaim her family history paints a picture of modern art on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and 1950s that reframes twentieth-century art history"--
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Translation of: 21, rue La Boétie
- Contents
-
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Rue La Boetie
- Number 21 Under the Germans
- Floirac
- At the Centre Pompidou
- Gennevilliers
- Dealer
- Chateaudun, Opera, and Madison Avenue
- Mother and Child
- Paul and Pic
- Boulevard Magenta
- Pi-ar-enco
- A Long Relationship
- The War Years in New York
- Preoccupations of the Heart
- The Train, Schenker, and the Art of the Possible
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Isbn
- 9780374251628
- Label
- My grandfather's gallery : a family memoir of art and war
- Title
- My grandfather's gallery
- Title remainder
- a family memoir of art and war
- Statement of responsibility
- Anne Sinclair ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside
- Title variation
- My grandfathers gallery
- Title variation remainder
- a family memoir of art and war
- Subject
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- Art dealers -- France -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / Europe / France
- HISTORY / Jewish
- trueJews, French
- trueJournalists -- France -- Biography
- trueNazism and art
- Rosenberg, Paul, 1881-1959
- Sinclair, Anne -- Family
- trueVichy,France
- trueWorld War II
- trueModern art
- ART / History / General
- trueArt dealers -- Biography
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoir On September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg had managed to save his family, but his paintings--modern masterpieces by Cézanne, Monet, Sisley, and others--were not so fortunate. As he fled, dozens of works were seized by Nazi forces and the art dealer's own legacy was eradicated. More than half a century later, Anne Sinclair uncovered a box filled with letters. "Curious in spite of myself," she writes, "I plunged into these archives, in search of the story of my family. To find out who my mother's father really was. a man hailed as a pioneer in the world of modern art, who then became a pariah in his own country during the Second World War. I was overcome with a desire to fit together the pieces of this French story of art and war." Drawing on her grandfather's intimate correspondence with Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and others, Sinclair takes us on a personal journey through the life of a legendary member of the Parisian art scene in My Grandfather's Gallery. Rosenberg's story is emblematic of millions of Jews, rich and poor, whose lives were indelibly altered by World War II. Sinclair's journey to reclaim her family history paints a picture of modern art on both sides of the Atlantic between the 1920s and 1950s that reframes twentieth-century art history"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10356204
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sinclair, Anne
- Dewey number
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- 709.2
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PN5183.S54
- LC item number
- A3 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Whiteside, Shaun
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sinclair, Anne
- Rosenberg, Paul
- Journalists
- Art dealers
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- ART / History / General
- HISTORY / Europe / France
- HISTORY / Jewish
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a family memoir of art and war
- Label
- My grandfather's gallery : a family memoir of art and war, Anne Sinclair ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside
- Note
- Translation of: 21, rue La Boétie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- Rue La Boetie -- Number 21 Under the Germans -- Floirac -- At the Centre Pompidou -- Gennevilliers -- Dealer -- Chateaudun, Opera, and Madison Avenue -- Mother and Child -- Paul and Pic -- Boulevard Magenta -- Pi-ar-enco -- A Long Relationship -- The War Years in New York -- Preoccupations of the Heart -- The Train, Schenker, and the Art of the Possible -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 1043963
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374251628
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014004038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374251628
- (OCoLC)869438148
- Label
- My grandfather's gallery : a family memoir of art and war, Anne Sinclair ; translated from the French by Shaun Whiteside
- Note
- Translation of: 21, rue La Boétie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue -- Introduction -- Rue La Boetie -- Number 21 Under the Germans -- Floirac -- At the Centre Pompidou -- Gennevilliers -- Dealer -- Chateaudun, Opera, and Madison Avenue -- Mother and Child -- Paul and Pic -- Boulevard Magenta -- Pi-ar-enco -- A Long Relationship -- The War Years in New York -- Preoccupations of the Heart -- The Train, Schenker, and the Art of the Possible -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments
- Control code
- 1043963
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- 224 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374251628
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Lccn
- 2014004038
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374251628
- (OCoLC)869438148
Subject
- Art dealers -- France -- Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- HISTORY / Europe / France
- HISTORY / Jewish
- trueJews, French
- trueJournalists -- France -- Biography
- trueNazism and art
- Rosenberg, Paul, 1881-1959
- Sinclair, Anne -- Family
- trueVichy,France
- trueWorld War II
- trueModern art
- ART / History / General
- trueArt dealers -- Biography
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