London talk about wartime looted art treasures and Italy
Date
sent: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:36:34 +0100
Dear Members and Subscribers to This List,
I shall be giving a talk in London next Friday evening on Italy and
World War II Nazi Looting of art treasures. Would it be relevant to
others? In case the answer is affirmative, I set out below details of
venue and outline contents of talk.
The Looting of Italian art during World War II
and the continuing attempts at recovery
A talk by Dr David Brancaleone
Deputy Director of The Central Registry of Information
on Looted Cultural Property 1933-1945
The unprecedented systematic Nazi spoliation of European art,
archives and cultural treasures is in the news, over half a century
from the end of the war. Today auction houses and museums are faced
with embarrassment time and again as works plundered during the Second
World War are resurfacing for sale at auction or are being identified
in well-known museums as 'loot'. What role did Italy play in this? It
was a flourishing art market until 1943, when it suddenly became an
occupied country, subject to the same plundering as the rest of
Europe.
Morley College, Gustav Holst Room
Friday 27 September 2002 at 6:45pm.
61 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7HT Tel. (020)
7928 8501
Nearest Tube: Lambeth North
Yours sincerely
David Brancaleone MA (UCL) PhD (Warburg)
Director of Research and Deputy Director
of The Central Registry of Information
on Looted Cultural Property (1933-1945)
76 Gloucester Place, London W1U 6HJ.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7487 3401.
Fax: +44 (0)20 74874211. www.lootedart.com