Description: Collected essays from across disciplines exploring the phenomenon of Jewish art and antique dealers in modern European cultural history.
Brief description: Tom Stammers is Reader in Cultural and Art History at The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK. A specialist in the study of collecting, he has published widely on French, British and European cultural history in the long 19th century.
Review Quotes:
"A hugely stimulating, informative and thought-provoking volume, whose jargon-free language makes it accessible to the non-specialist, while the plethora of detailed footnote references opens the way to further academic research." --Journal of the History of Collections
"This well-referenced publication provides an excellent grounding on the subject and plenty of information for anyone wishing to dive deeper." --Artlyst "The impact of Jewish contributions to modern European art is substantial. However, the potential to perpetuate longstanding anti-Semitic tropes has historically deterred scholarly investigation into the pivotal role of Jewish art dealers in the production, promotion, and distribution of art. This volume's meticulously researched essays address numerous gaps within an emerging interdisciplinary field." --Christian Huemer, Director of the Belvedere Research Centre, Vienna, Austria