Matisse at War. Art and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France
Book talk by Christopher C. Gorham

ONLINE VA, United States

When the Degenerate Art exbibit opened in Munich in the summer of 1937, works by notable foreign modernists were denigrated along with German artists. Henri Matisse’s Blue Window (1913) was legally seized by the Nazi regime for inclusion in the traveling exhibit, and his work was banned from German museums. REGISTER HERE If you are interested but can’t attend the event, please register anyways and you will receive the link to the recording. Participating in the event enables you to ask questions and be part of the discussion following the talk. Henri Matisse was among the modernists derided by the Nazis. That did not stop them from stealing his art. At the Jeu [...]

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