The vanished collection
Baer de Perignon, Pauline2022
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There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss - Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection. But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents' elegant Parisian apartment? The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.
Main title:
The vanished collection / Pauline Baer de Perignon ; translated from the French by Natasha Lehrer.
Author:
Baer de Perignon, Pauline, authorLehrer, Natasha, translator
Imprint:
London : Apollo, 2022.©2022
Collation:
236 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781803280905 (hbk)9781803280905
Dewey class:
940.5318132940.531
Language:
EnglishFrench
Subject:
BRN:
511793
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.531 BAE | Onloan - Due: 16 Oct 2024 |