Rose Valland (1898-1980) was a French art historian, member of the French Resistance, and captain in the French military. She succeeded in establishing, in perilous conditions, details of the Nazi plundering of National French and private Jewish-owned art from France; this allowed to retrace and retrieve more than 60,000 artistic objects.
On this stamp issued last year, Rose Valland is represented next to a work by the Argentinean sculptor José Fioravanti exhibited in the Jeu de Paume museum,where she worked. The Rose Valland was created in 2003 by the rose garden Guillaut de Chamagnieu, to honour her.
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For the current round of Sunday Stamps A-Z I am showing stamps dedicated to women. You can see here all the Women on Stamps featured on this blog.
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Again a beautiful stamp of an interesting woman! I like the design (both the photo and the typography and rose). Didn't know Rose Valland before, so thank you for sharing!
ReplyDelete(Fortunately the postmark is placed besides her and not over her.)
I love that they put the rose honouring her name and her legacy. She is a very inspiring woman.
DeleteThe placement of the postmarks, this time, was perfect.
Another woman I did know of! What a lovely stamp - the rose, and Rose adding colour and contrast to the sculptures.
ReplyDeleteThe rose is the perfect detail on this stamp.
DeleteI learned something new today. I was not aware of Ms Valland. Thanks Eva!
ReplyDeleteHer life and work are fascinating, aren't day?
DeleteYou have shown us yet another remarkable woman whom I was not aware of. The sculpture makes the stamp more impressive.
ReplyDeleteI find this stamp a wonderful tribute to her.
DeleteA great find for the letter V. What a courageous woman!
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