Protecting Europe’s Cultural Treasures: The Frick Art Reference Library, The Monuments Men, and Provenance Research Today
Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 5 – 6 p.m.
Inge Reist, Director, Center for the History of Collecting
During World War II, the Frick Art Reference Library became the headquarters for government research dedicated to the preservation of artistic monuments in war-ravaged Europe. Using the Library’s resources and its considerable network of scholars, staff created more than 700 maps that identified important monuments to be spared from allied bombing. Even before the war ended, the resources of the Library proved invaluable to those engaged with art recovery and restitution, as they continue to be for scholars and collectors today. Dr. Inge Reist’s lecture will chronicle the Library’s efforts to protect Europe’s cultural treasures during the conflict and survey its ongoing involvement in the recovery and restitution of works of art seized by enemy forces.
| Location | Music Room The Frick Collection 1 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 |
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| Questions | scholarsprogram@frick.org |
| Join Us | Sign Up is full. |
| Webcast | No |
| Library Series | Scholars’ Program |
| Audience | Adults, College & Graduate Students, Educators, Young Professionals |
| Speaker | Inge Reist, Director of the Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection |