Rose Valland
After several years of volunteer service as volunteer assistant curator at the jeu de paume museumshe was given the paid position of overseer of the jeu de paume museum.
Rose valland. Rose valland was a highly decorated french resistance fighter who worked tirelessly hunting down tens of thousands of artworks looted by the nazis during world war ii. And working with the french resistance she saved thousands of. She then collaborated with the monuments men and toured germany to find the missing art pieces. When the germans occupied paris and the einsatzstab reichsleiter rosenberg err moved into his bag shop in the building of jeu de paume she was already there.
Rose vallands notes on one of goerings numerous visits at the jeu de paume. Nominated captain fine arts of the french army she never stopped trying to. Rose valland was a member of the french resistance but never fired a shot or blew up bridges and yet was one of the most decorated women in french history. Today the association de la memoire de rose valland is committed to educating the public about the efforts of the greatest champion during world war ii of frances artistic patrimony.
Valland studied music at the ecole internationale de la chanson de granby before releasing a self titled ep in 2014. Right reichsmarschall goering admiring a painting. Her enormous efforts have. Her innocence was the best camouflage.
Rosie valland is a canadian singer songwriter from granby quebec. Wikipedia rose valland was the perfect spy. She is most noted as a two time socan songwriting prize nominee receiving nominations in 2016 for olympe and in 2017 for nord est. Her full length debut album partir avant followed in 2015.
As an assistant at the jeu de paume museum in paris during wwii rose valland risked her life documenting the nazis plunder of art. Rose valland was born in november 1898 in saint etienne de saint geoirs isere. Rose valland the art spy brigitte chevet. Rose valland at the jeu de paume in 1935 as an unpaid assistant curator.
She is buried in her hometown of saint etienne de saint geoirs. Originally desiring to become a teacher she underwent extensive training in art and art history studying at prestigious schools in lyon and paris. The art historian had previously worked for french museums and was familiar with the public and private collections in paris and.