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James J. Rorimer

(Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966)

PARIS - SEPTEMBER 12, 1944: Monuments Man James Rorimer (right) and Ecole du Louvre director Robert Rey, stand before the empty wall where the Mona Lisa (La Joconde) once hung before its precautionary evacuation from the Louvre in 1939. (Photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD)

James Joseph Rorimer (September 7, 1905 – May 11, 1966), was an American museum curator and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he was a primary force behind the creation of the Cloisters, a branch of the museum dedicated to the art and architecture of Medieval Europe. During World War II, Rorimer served in the U.S. Army's Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section, a.k.a. the "Monuments Men," protecting cultural sites and recovering stolen art work. (From Wikipedia)

More about James J. Rorimer:

Associated author:

Rorimer, Katherine Serrell

Books by James J. Rorimer:

Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966: Medieval Monuments at The Cloisters as They Were and as They Are (revised edition; New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972), also by Katherine Serrell Rorimer (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

Additional books by James J. Rorimer in the extended shelves:

Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966: The Cloisters, the building and the collection of mediaeval art, in Fort Tryon park ([George Grady press], 1938), also by Cloisters (Museum) (page images at HathiTrust)
Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966: The Cloisters, the building and the collection of medieval art in Fort Tyron Park (New York, 1963), also by Cloisters (Museum) (page images at HathiTrust)
Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966: The unicorn tapestries at the Cloisters : a picture book. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1950), also by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and Cloisters (Museum) (page images at HathiTrust)

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