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My Grandfather's Gallery
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“Wow. I just finished this in-depth look at Paul Rosenberg, famed French art dealer, through the eyes of the granddaughter who came to know him best posthumously.
I loved Anne Sinclair's voice. She managed to relay a lot of French history in a manner that was captivating and enthralling. What I enjoyed most about the book was that it was neither a tale of just family, nor a tale of Nazi looting, rather it was a rich narrative of interwoven threads: family dynamics and secrets, the meaning of "modern art," grasping her grandfather's personal sense of justice in trying to retrieve his stolen collection.
"Too often the spectator looks for arguments within himself against the works rather than attempting to free himself from those conventions which he believes he understands, agrees with, and likes." I loved this quote because too often I find myself easily dismissing certain works or painters when it's really just an aversion to not understanding, and if I could only push myself to really challenge my thinking, I too could break free of my short sightedness.
Sinclair's background as a journalist serves her well because even in the more history-heavy excerpts, I was engrossed. She approached her writing in a very poignant matter, even going so far as to question who these people she had grown up with really were. She dares to ask, "How daring was [Paul], really?"
Imagine your family memories filled with priceless works of art by then-unknown painters! Summers spent at Picasso's house, or having your childhood portrait done by Marie Laurencin! Or knowing Van Gogh's famed Postman was a gift to the Met by your family...(This is at the Barnes, no?*) What an incredible and rich family history...”
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