Paris in the Interwar Period
The atlas holds 20 people and 36 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí.
Notable people
Ernest Hemingway
from 1918 to 1924
4 moments here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Pablo Picasso
from 1918 to 1937
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Salvador Dalí
from 1926 to 1934
3 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
George Orwell
from 1928 to 1936
3 moments here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1928 to 1937
3 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Charlie Chaplin
from 1921 to 1931
2 moments here
English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…
Marie Curie
from 1919 to 1921
2 moments here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
James Joyce
from 1920 to 1931
2 moments here
Irish novelist, poet, and critic whose life moved between Dublin, continental Europe, and Switzerland.…
Jean-Paul Sartre
from 1924 to 1937
2 moments here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1919 to 1921
2 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Albert Einstein
in 1922
1 moment here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Sigmund Freud
in 1938
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1920
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1922
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Le Corbusier
in 1924
1 moment here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Frida Kahlo
in 1939
1 moment here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1923
1 moment here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1928
1 moment here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Helen Keller
in 1931
1 moment here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Moments
- 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1919 Returns to her completed Radium Institute laboratory Marie Curie
- 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
- 1920 Arrival and residence in Paris James Joyce
- 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
- 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
- 1921 Move to Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Residence on rue du Cardinal Lemoine Ernest Hemingway
- 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
- 1921 Attends Paris Opera benefit Marie Curie
- 1922 Debates Bergson in Paris Albert Einstein
- 1922 Studied at the École de Guerre Charles de Gaulle
- 1923 Death in Paris Sarah Bernhardt
- 1924 Return to Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1924 Entered the École normale supérieure Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1924 35 rue de Sèvres studio Le Corbusier
- 1926 Makes first Paris journey Salvador Dalí
- 1928 American Battle Monuments Commission office Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1928 Work trip to Paris from Provence Gabriela Mistral
- 1928 Residence on Rue du Pot-de-Fer George Orwell
- 1929 Moves into the Paris art world Salvador Dalí
- 1929 Hospitalization at Hopital Cochin George Orwell
- 1931 Return to Paris from London James Joyce
- 1931 Receives the Legion of Honour in Paris Charlie Chaplin
- 1931 Tour of France Helen Keller
- 1931 Leaves London and speaks in Paris Mahatma Gandhi
- 1934 Marries Gala in Paris Salvador Dalí
- 1936 Committee meeting in Paris Gabriela Mistral
- 1936 Journey through Paris en route to Spain George Orwell
- 1937 Teaching in Paris before the war Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1937 Paints Guernica at Grands-Augustins Pablo Picasso
- 1937 Colloquium of Arts and Letters Gabriela Mistral
- 1937 Attends the Spanish Pavilion opening Pablo Picasso
- 1938 Arrives in Paris during exile journey Sigmund Freud
- 1939 Paris exhibition trip Frida Kahlo