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On Sept 20, 1940, one of the most famous European artwork dealers disembarked in New York, one of a huge selection of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy, France. Abandoning his loved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg got managed to save his family, but his paintings - modern masterpieces by Cézanne, Monet, Sisley, and more - weren't so fortunate. As he fled, a large number of works were seized by Nazi forces, and the artwork dealer's own legacy was eradicated. Over fifty percent a century later, Anne Sinclair uncovered a pack filled with words. Drawing on her grandfather's intimate correspondence with Picasso, Matisse, Braque, and more, Sinclair calls for us on an individual journey through the life of a legendary person in the Parisian artwork world in My Grandfather's Gallery. Rosenberg's storyline is emblematic of millions of Jews, wealthy and poor, whose lives were indelibly improved by World Warfare II. Sinclair's voyage to reclaim her family history paints an image of modern artwork on both factors of the Atlantic between the 1920s and 1950s that reframes twentieth-century artwork history.

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