The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Jan van Eyck Erich Lessing / Art Resource
There is much more at the link.
The Ghent Altarpiece (1432) by Jan van Eyck Erich Lessing / Art Resource
There is much more at the link.
I am too. One of my daughter’s in laws was in the European Civil Affairs Division, which ran the occupation of Germany. He helped preserve a trove they ran across in their area.
A veritable festival of leftists. I’ll pass.
It might be a worth seeing agter it comes out on DVD. Meanwhile I will watch THE TRAIN with Burt Lancaster again.
I have read that there is a large amount of Nazi Reich art confiscated by the US Army and kept in a cave in Virginia. Art restorers are at work keeping the paintings in good shape. I suppose they will bring it out in a hundred years or so when all the sting of Nazism is gone.
But then, they may be just changing the faces of Adolf to Obama.
My dad (turns 90 this year) was on the 16th level and inventoried and guarded the diamonds and jewels. I believe the art work was on the 14th level. He said when Eisenhower came down to assess the area, he made a new policy that an Officer and an enlisted man had to be down there together. He has some really interesting stories, as all those WWII Vets do.
I wonders if they’ll show them going into the Goering chalet in Berchtesgaden and finding all sorts of art ... But the wine and booze all gone.
Courtesy of Major Richard Winters, Captain Lewis Nixon and Co.E of the 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division ..
Ocean’s Eleven with Nazis. The trailers look interesting.
Interesting article, thanks for posting.
Me too. Many, many years ago I had the privilege of taking an introductory art history course from Lane Faison, one of the men mentioned in the article while I was in college. Great teacher, but he never mentioned the OSS work.
I'm sure it's going to be one of those "based on a true story" kind of movies, but with that cast it should be great.
I enjoyed the book and hope the movie is as good.
Clooney? No, thanks.