Paris in World War I
The atlas holds 6 people and 8 moments here, from 1914 to 1918. The most recorded lives are Pablo Picasso, Le Corbusier and Marie Curie.
Notable people
Pablo Picasso
from 1916 to 1918
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Le Corbusier
from 1915 to 1917
2 moments here
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Marie Curie
in 1916
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1918
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1914
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Sarah Bernhardt
in 1915
1 moment here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Moments
- 1914 European arrival and stay in Paris Jorge Luis Borges
- 1915 Paris research stay Le Corbusier
- 1915 Return to Paris after amputation Sarah Bernhardt
- 1916 Trains radiology assistants in Paris Marie Curie
- 1916 Moves to Montrouge studio Pablo Picasso
- 1917 Permanent move to Paris Le Corbusier
- 1918 Arrival in Paris during World War I Ernest Hemingway
- 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso