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Oral History Interview Excerpts: Monuments MenAuthor: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Excerpts from interviews which discuss World War II and the U.S. Armys Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, also known as the Monuments Men.See also: World War II Monuments Men Archival Collections at the Archives of American Art Language: en Genres: Arts, History, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Stanton L. Catlin interview excerpt
Friday, 22 November, 2013
Stanton L. Catlin (1915-1997) was assistant director of Yale University Art Gallery and later the gallery director and professor at Syracuse University. Before the World War II, Catlin was introduced to Rose Valland, who was the assistant to the director of the Jeu de Paume Museum. During World War II, Valland spied on the Nazis who used the Jeu de Paume Museum as a storage location for looted art before transporting the artwork by train to various German repositories scattered throughout Germany and Austria. In this audio excerpt, Catlin talks about Valland's contributions to the recovery of artwork plundered by the Nazis.
