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Rose Valland
Rose Antonia Maria Valland (1 November 1898 – 18 September 1980) was a French art history, art historian, member of the French Resistance, captain in the Military of France, French military, and one of the most decorated women in French history. She secretly recorded details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private Jewish-owned art from France; and, working with the French Resistance, she saved thousands of works of art. Early life Valland was born in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, Isère, the daughter of a blacksmith. Like many gifted pupils from humble backgrounds, she received a scholarship to an ''normal school, école normale'', a teacher school. She graduated in 1918, with the plan of becoming an art teacher. She studied art at the École nationale des beaux-arts de Lyon, graduating in 1922. Valland then topped the competitive exam for art teacher training and underwent two years of training at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris, graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs
Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (; literally 'Saint-Étienne of Saint-Geoirs') is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère departments of France, department in southeastern France. It is the hometown of Rose Valland, who saved thousands of works of art from Nazi looting and destruction during World War II and thwarted German efforts to remove art by passing information to the French Resistance. The organization Memoire de Rose Valland is based in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs. Singer (Bass (voice type), bass) and actor Xavier Depraz died in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs on 18 October 1994. Population Twin towns Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs is town twinning, twinned with: * Casorate Sempione, Italy, since 2013 See also * Communes of the Isère department * Grenoble-Isère Airport References Communes of Isère Isère communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{Isère-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galerie Nationale Du Jeu De Paume
Jeu de Paume ( en, Real Tennis Court) is an arts centre for modern and postmodern photography and media. It is located in the north corner (west side) of the Tuileries Gardens next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. In 2004, Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Centre national de la photographie, and Patrimoine Photographique merged to form the Association Jeu de Paume.Jeu De Paume ", . Accessed 24 November 2014. History The rectangular building was constructed in 1861 during the reign of |
