Art of the Defeat, France 1940-1944

$45.00 at The Getty Museum.

Laurence Bertrand Dorléac Translation by Jane Marie Todd Foreword by Serge Guilbaut Art of the Defeat provides an unflinching look at the art scene in France during the German occupation. Beginning with Adolf Hitler's staging of the armistice at Rethondes, the book offers a survey of Nazi and Vichy artistic policies, key events and organizations, and individual acts of collaboration and resistance. Examined in the text are the demonization of foreigners and modernists, the looting of state museums and Jewish…