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The Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France or the International Exhibition of the East of France was an exhibition held in Nancy in 1909. The exhibition opened on May 1 and ran until October 31.
The exhibition was held to demonstrate recovery from the Alsace-Lorraine annexation in the 1870 war. There were over 2000 exhibitors and 2 million visitors.
Visitor attractions included a water chute, French gardens, a mining and gas pavilions. There was an Alsatian Village and a Senegalese village
The local
The Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France or the International Exhibition of the East of France was an exhibition held in Nancy in 1909. The exhibition opened on May 1 and ran until October 31.
The exhibition was held to demonstrate recovery from the Alsace-Lorraine annexation in the 1870 war. There were over 2000 exhibitors and 2 million visitors.
Visitor attractions included a water chute, French gardens, a mining and gas pavilions. There was an Alsatian Village and a Senegalese village
The local École de Nancy
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...
had its own pavilion intended to demonstrate the close links between art and industry in the region which opened two months after the main exhibition. Many architects of the École de Nancy
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...
, including Lucien Weissenburger
Lucien Weissenburger (2 May 1860 – 24 February 1929) was a French architect.
Weissenburger was born and died in Nancy. He was one of the principal architects to work in the Art Nouveau style in Lorraine
Lorraine, also , ; ; Lorr ...
, Émile André
François-Émile AndrĂ© (August 22, 1871 – March 10, 1933) was a French architect, artist, and furniture designer. He was the son of the architect of Charles AndrĂ© and the father of two other architects, Jacques AndrĂ© (architect), Jacques ...
, Émile Toussaint, Louis Marchal
Louis may refer to:
People
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
Other uses
* Louis (coin), a French coin
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
* ...
, Paul Charbonnier, Eugène Vallin
Eugène Vallin (; 1856 – 21 July 1922) was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect.
Life and career
Vallin was born at Herbéviller, and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. He was apprenticed in the s ...
, and others designed the pavilions for the exhibition.
See also
*Musée de l'École de Nancy
The Musée de l'École de Nancy is a museum devoted to the École de Nancy, an Art Nouveau movement founded in 1901 by Émile Gallé, Victor Prouvé, Louis Majorelle, Antonin Daum and Eugène Vallin in the city of Nancy in Lorraine, north- ...
* Human zoo
Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were a colonial practice of publicly displaying people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. They were most prominent during the 19th and 20th centuries. These displays of ...
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