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The National Gallery in Wartime Suzanne Bosman

The National Gallery in Wartime By Suzanne Bosman

The National Gallery in Wartime by Suzanne Bosman


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Summary

On Wednesday 23 August 1939, the National Gallery closed its doors to the public, not knowing when they would open again. The paintings were to be secretly evacuated in a relocation that took only eleven days. The last shipment left Trafalgar Square on 2 September, the day before war was declared. This book tells the story of the National Gallery.

The National Gallery in Wartime Summary

The National Gallery in Wartime by Suzanne Bosman

On August 23, 1939, with World War II looming, the National Gallery, London, was forced temporarily to close its doors to the public to evacuate the bulk of its collection to secret locations in Wales for safe-keeping. By May 1940, the collection had been transferred to Manod Quarry, a slate mine in the mountains, beneath 200 feet of solid rock. The Gallery, meanwhile, remained "open for business" despite being bombed several times during the Blitz.

This enthralling and richly documented book recounts for the first time the story of how the National Gallery functioned during this eventful period. With extensive archival photographs, many of which are published here for the first time, alongside press accounts and Gallery correspondence, it discusses the preparations to move the pictures; the Gallery's decision to keep the building open for temporary exhibitions and lunchtime concerts fronted by internationally renowned pianist Myra Hess; director Kenneth Clark's role as chairman of the War Artists Advisory Committee, whose aim was to commission and exhibit pictures recording the war; and the institution of the Picture of the Month, which exhibited in succession 43 of the Gallery's best-known pictures during the war, and which continues today.

About Suzanne Bosman

Suzanne Bosman is senior picture researcher at the National Gallery publications department.

Table of Contents

Setting the scene; The road to Wales; The Myra Hess concerts; Bombing raids hit London; The Manod mines; Temporary exhibitions; The Whitehall canteen; The paintings return 'home'.

Additional information

GOR003582711
9781857094244
1857094247
The National Gallery in Wartime by Suzanne Bosman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
National Gallery Company Ltd
2008-09-16
128
N/A
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