Research Question: How did Nazi plunder get from a cabal of looted art dealers in Munich to the art museums of the United States of America?
Which names have replaced theirs in the provenance texts?
Jun 19, 2021
The Munich Connection
Research Question: How did Nazi plunder get from a cabal of looted art dealers in Munich to the art museums of the United States of America?
Jun 12, 2021
Lostart "Nicht Mehr im Besizt" June 2021
German Lost Art Foundation Database
Objects listed as "No Longer Owned" as of June 2021
"nicht mehr im Besitz"
| Number of objects | 49 |
|---|---|
| Holding | nicht mehr im Besitz |
| Description | Die Kunstverwaltung des Bundes verfügt über eine eigene Provenienzdatenbank betreffend den sogenannten Restbestand CCP, die unter folgendem Link zu recherchieren ist: external link |
Jun 9, 2021
Data Visualization Test
How to grasp the scale of the transfer from Jewish art collectors persecuted by the Nazi to museums in the United States, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, as well as countries in South America?
Some experiments in data visualization.
First, an overview (attention: the figures are not real, they are only to test the visualization.)
The Nazis looted so much. Destroyed so many lives. How to represent this in a way that is understandable, meaningful - and actionable?
The devil is in the detail.
May 30, 2021
Gurlitt: The scandal continues
When an art historian sees the Gurlitt name in any text, the first thought should be: is it a lie?
CIR 4 LINZ S. Lane Faison describes Hitler's Linz museum as "a monument to Safe Art"
From June 1945 until the spring of 1946, Faison, Plaut, and Rousseau detained and interrogated hundreds of Nazi officials and collaborators on the whereabouts of looted works of art. - Monuments Men Foundation
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