Sousa Fialho De Pinho Brandao, Maria Ines
(2023)
What's in Lisbon? Art Museums, Art Dealers, and Refugees in Portugal between 1933 and 1945.
PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
This thesis focuses on the transactions of works of art that took place in Portugal
during the period of the Third Reich (1933-1945), the institutions and individuals
involved in these transactions, and the works of art that were the object of those
transactions. Drawing on American, Austrian, British, Dutch, French, German,
Portuguese, and Swiss primary sources, the thesis sets out to determine the extent
of the influence of the refugee flux into the country and of the international
circulation of Nazi-looted art on the Portuguese art market. It does so by
identifying and studying the actions of specific groups identified as having the
higher chances of benefiting from these circumstances: importers and exporters of
non-contemporary works of art; national art museums in Lisbon and Porto, cities
with international communications and transport networks, which hosted the
highest number of refugees; public museums in seaside and spa resorts, where
thousands of refugees resided during the war years; and the foreign art dealers
who opened businesses in Lisbon. Conceptually, it begins with a large universe of
analysis, narrowing its scope as the chapters progress, culminating in the study of
the actions of one single figure, and clarifying the provenance of one single
painting, in a case study that brings together various areas of research examined
previously. While findings confirm the supposition that the Portuguese State and
public institutions did not knowingly engage in the acquisition of Nazi-looted art
during this period, they reveal that some of their acquisitions require further
provenance research, and that the actions of specific individuals in bringing works
of art into the country demand further scrutiny.
| Item Type: |
Thesis
(PhD)
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| Keywords: |
Lisbon; Art Museums; Art Dealers; Refugees; Portugal; 1933; 1945; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Arts & Humanities > History |
| Item ID: |
17833 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
14 Nov 2023 14:51 |
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