Jeu de Paume

November 17, 2011

Landscapes of cultural plunder revisited

Vue de la zone entre la porte de Clignancourt el la porte Montmarte, 1943-1944Source: BHdv / Roger-Viollet / Direction technique de la voirie parisienne via  Patrimoine […]
February 14, 2015

Plundered love in black and white from the Jeu de Paume

by Marc Masurovsky It is fitting to celebrate on our own way Valentine’s Day, that annual pressure cooker of love and desire complete with chocolate treats […]
February 15, 2016

Research from the bedroom

by Marc Masurovsky Prerequisites: Internet connection within reach.Sufficient battery time in your laptop to last at least 3 hours.And some tea…or coffee. Nowadays, if you want […]
March 17, 2016

Dessus de porte

by Marc Masurovsky Source: NARA On December 3, 2007, Christie’s Paris sold a painting by Marie Laurencin, entitled “L’embarcadère’ [Haut de Porte].” As is usual with […]
October 10, 2016

Deconstructing the Jeu de Paume

by Marc Masurovsky The process of understanding what exactly unfolded at the Jeu de Paume museum in German-occupied Paris between late 1940 and July 1944 has […]
November 13, 2019

Torso of General Psamtik, Governor of Upper Egypt

by Marc Masurovsky MA-AEGY 1, front MA-AEGY 1 This Torso is one of the more stunning Egyptian antiquities looted by the Nazis and their French collaborators […]
January 3, 2020

The destruction of works of art in wartime Paris–Part One

by Marc Masurovsky This is the first in a series of articles detailing the selective impact of Nazi cultural policy at the Jeu de Paume museum […]
January 5, 2020

The Destruction of works of art in wartime Paris-Part Two

by Marc Masurovsky [Continuation of “The Destruction of works of art in wartime Paris-Part One”] Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR) staff members at the Jeu de Paume/Louvre […]
January 9, 2020

What happened to the collection of Edouard Esmond?

by Marc Masurovsky [This is the fourth in a series of articles on the fate of Jewish-owned collections confiscated by the ERR in France and their […]