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Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art curator, member of the French Resistance, captain in the French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history.
Rose Valland, née le 1er novembre 1898 à Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs et morte le 18 septembre 1980 à Ris-Orangis, est une conservatrice de musée et une résistante française.
Feb 6, 2023 · How can it be that Rose Valland, a major heroine of the resistance against Nazi art plunder remains barely known? Even after spying in front of Nazis, including Göring, for four years.
L’espionne du Jeu de Paume. Ecrit par Emmanuelle Polack. Présidente-Directrice du musée du Louvre. des œuvres. Sur une photographie prise au musée du Jeu de Paume en 1934, Rose Valland (1898-1980) apparaît, droite comme un point d’exclamation posé là par hasard, dans une austère tenue noire dont la jupe atteint les chevilles.
Mar 24, 2023 · Rose Valland was one of the most highly decorated spies during World War II, credited with playing a leading role in saving thousands of looted artworks during the Nazi occupation....
Rose Valland (1898-1980) The unassuming heroine of French culture during World War II, Rose Antonia Maria Valland was born in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, France, on November 1, 1898.
Feb 17, 2024 · A mockup of a book by Rose Valland satnds in the background during an interview with Anna Bottinelli, head of the Monuments Men and Women Foundation, in Dallas, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. With the foundation’s help Valland’s book will be the first English translation of a the Monuments Woman work. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Share Share Read ...
Rose Valland est une conservatrice de musée et une résistante française. Elle a joué un rôle décisif dans le sauvetage et la récupération de plus de 60 000 œuvres d'art et objets divers spoliés par les nazis aux institutions publiques et aux familles juives pendant l'Occupation.
Monuments Woman Rose Valland described her wartime experience working under the watchful eyes of the Nazis during their four-year occupation of Paris in her memoir Le front de l’art: Défense des collections françaises 1939-1945 (1961).
Valland was quiet, intelligent, and modest— all key traits that quickly dismissed her as a threat and would serve her well during the Nazi Occupation of France. From October 1940 until the American liberation of Paris in late August 1944, Rose Valland was the only French citizen at the Jeu de Paume.
