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Anticipating the fall of France
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- During the beginning of the German invasions during World War II, Jacques Jaujard, the director of the French Musées Nationaux, anticipating the fall of France, decided to organize the evacuation of the Louvre art collection to the provinces.
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During the beginning of the German invasions during World War II, Jacques Jaujard, the director of the French Musées Nationaux, anticipating the fall of France, decided to organize the evacuation of the Louvre art collection to the provinces.
May 16, 2013 · Beginning in 1938, the threat of war prompted a large-scale evacuation of France’s public art collections. The storage sites chosen for works of art were châteaux, tranquil locations in the heart of the French countryside, far from strategic targets, and thus escaping the imminent danger of bombing. On August 28, 1939, the Mona Lisa left the ...
The Louvre in the Second World War. In 1940, France suffered defeat at the hands of the German army. Hitler came to Paris, and his envy of French heritage is no secret. Yet when the Nazis entered the Louvre Museum, they found nothing but empty rooms.
Apr 16, 2018 · It is believed the plan was thwarted by local miners and a Nazi official, who swapped vast bombs waiting to send the whole collection sky-high for smaller ones that, when detonated, only brought...
Jan 10, 2014 · As early as 1938, with the threat of conflict looming in a Germany enraptured with a new war-mongering leadership, the directors of the Musée du Louvre in Paris began an ordered evacuation of its massive public art collection, that included some of the most iconic works of art in the world.
Jun 14, 2020 · While politicians hoped to sway Hitler, Jaujard had already planned on protecting the Louvre from the forthcoming war. In 1938 already major artworks were evacuated, thinking the war was about to start. Then, ten days before the declaration of war, Jaujard made the call.
Twice, we’ve brought you posts explaining how the Mona Lisa – the most famous painting in the world – went from near obscurity to global notoriety almost overnight, after an employee of the Louvre purloined and tried to hide it in 1911.
