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- Monuments Men Recover Nazi Stolen Art
June 23, 1943 to June 8, 1946
Dist Columbia, District of Columbia
Crime, War, Art/LeisureOne month before the end of WWII, the American soldiers discovered a salt mine full of gold and paintings that had been looted and abandoned by the Nazis. On April 12, 1945, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradley, and General George Patton ventured down into the Merkers salt mine to inspect the treasures found that day. Snapped in a photograph owned by the National Archives, the three...
- U.S. Museums Possess Nazi Art Plunder October 17, 1997 King, Washington Art/Leisure, War, Crime
The model Henriette Darricarrere posed as an odalisque for artist Henri Matisse’s painting, “Oriental Woman Seated on Floor.” As the title suggested, she was seated elegantly on the floor wearing traditional Mediterranean apparel in the foreground while a chair covered in decorative floral-patterned textiles filled the space in the background. Acquired by prominent French Jewish art dealer,...