Writers in Fontainebleau

The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1661 to 1926. The most recorded lives are Leo Tolstoy, Pablo Picasso and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Leo Tolstoy
in 1857
1 moment here
Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…
Pablo Picasso
in 1921
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
in 1752
1 moment here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Jean de La Fontaine
in 1661
1 moment here
French fabulist, poet, dramatist, and author whose Fables became foundational works of French literature.…
Gabriela Mistral
in 1926
1 moment here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…