Stanton L. Catlin's guest appearances

Stanton L. Catlin

Oral History Collection from the Archives of American Art

Oral History Interview Excerpts: Monuments Men

Judy Chicago

Thomas Carr

Dennis Oppenheim

Walker Hancock

Frank Romero

Carmen Lomas Garza

Joan Snyder

Otto Wittmann

George Leslie Stout

Willie Herrón

Gilbert Luján

Charles Parkhurst

Lane Faison

Robert Bechtle

Andrew Carnduff Ritchie

OwlTail

Stanton L. Catlin (1915-1997) was assistant director of Yale University Art Gallery and later the gallery director and professor at Syracuse University. Before the World War II, Catlin was introduced to Rose Valland, who was the assistant to the director of the Jeu de Paume Museum. During World War II, Valland spied on the Nazis who used the Jeu de Paume Museum as a storage location for looted art before transporting the artwork by train to various German repositories scattered throughout Germany and Austria. In this audio excerpt, Catlin talks about Valland's contributions to the recovery of artwork plundered by the Nazis.

Stanton L. Catlin interview excerpt