
#Falling #LibraryFun two I got on my most recent library trip . unfortunately haven‘t started either one yet !
#Falling #LibraryFun two I got on my most recent library trip . unfortunately haven‘t started either one yet !
“I started this research in a very unfocused way, looking at it from every possible angle…Really my method was I had no method. (113)
The author‘s great grandfather was a Parisian fine art collector whose apartment was seized by the Nazis in 1942.She pursues her family‘s legacy starting with just a small list of paintings.Her journey send her across Europe to museums,archives,& institutions in an attempt to establish provenance & reclaim 🔽
#SchoolSpirit
Day16: #paint tagged book
Day17: #diary Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Day18: #essays The Crane Wife
I am always behind so I added tomorrow‘s prompt.😀
I know this story because I see portions of my own in it…
In the case of Baer de Perignon, it started with a list of paintings — Renoir, Degas, Tiepolo — artists her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss, collected. The Vanished Collection (out in Jan) offers a candid look at the complexities of provenance archival research, family history, and asking difficult questions about the past. A loving ode to her great-gpa and his passion for fine art.