
French photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was walking in Paris when he saw aspiring actors Françoise Delbart (age 20) and Jacques Carteaud (age 23) kissing. He proposed to the charming young […]
French photographer Robert Doisneau (1912-1994) was walking in Paris when he saw aspiring actors Françoise Delbart (age 20) and Jacques Carteaud (age 23) kissing. He proposed to the charming young […]
Rue de Lyon, Paris, France, 1910. Photo: Albert Chevojon
On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was inaugurated in New York, USA, in the presence of the then President, Grover Cleveland, former governor of New York, in front […]
Painted May 1st-June 4th, Paris, France Oil on canvas 349,3 x 776,6 cm Location: Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain The government of the Spanish Republic acquired the mural “Guernica” from […]
The Montparnasse derailment occurred at 16:00 on 22 October 1895 when the Granville–Paris Express overran the buffer stop at its Gare Montparnasse terminus. With the train several minutes late and the driver trying to make up for […]
Marina Ginestà i Coloma (29 January 1919, Toulouse, France – 6 January 2014, Paris, France) was a French-born Spanish veteran of the Spanish Civil War, who was a member of […]