Artists of World War II
The atlas holds 8 people and 30 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Walt Disney, Ronald Reagan and Frida Kahlo.
Notable people
Walt Disney
from 1939 to 1941
6 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Ronald Reagan
from 1941 to 1945
5 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Frida Kahlo
from 1939 to 1945
5 moments here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Rabindranath Tagore
from 1939 to 1941
4 moments here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Pablo Picasso
from 1939 to 1945
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
J. R. R. Tolkien
from 1939 to 1945
3 moments here
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English philologist, university professor, and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Le Corbusier
from 1940 to 1942
3 moments here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Salvador Dalí
in 1940
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Moments
- 1939 Paris exhibition trip Frida Kahlo
- 1939 Return to La Casa Azul Frida Kahlo
- 1939 Return voyage to New York Frida Kahlo
- 1939 Lays foundation of Mahajati Sadan Rabindranath Tagore
- 1939 Snow White Academy Award Walt Disney
- 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture at St Andrews J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1939 Government Code and Cypher School course J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1939 Visits Orissa at provincial invitation Rabindranath Tagore
- 1939 Takes refuge in Royan Pablo Picasso
- 1939 Move to the Burbank studio Walt Disney
- 1940 Algiers wartime planning efforts Le Corbusier
- 1940 Returns to occupied Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1940 Oxford special convocation at Santiniketan Rabindranath Tagore
- 1940 Arrives in wartime America Salvador Dalí
- 1940 Medical treatment in San Francisco Frida Kahlo
- 1941 Move to Vichy Le Corbusier
- 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
- 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
- 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
- 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
- 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
- 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
- 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
- 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
- 1942 Final departure from Vichy Le Corbusier
- 1944 War Loan duty in New York Ronald Reagan
- 1945 Keeps first Yearling Row Ranch Ronald Reagan
- 1945 Spinal operation in New York Frida Kahlo
- 1945 Merton Professor at Oxford J. R. R. Tolkien
- 1945 Moves to Ménerbes with Françoise Pablo Picasso