Galerie ChaletteGalerie Chalette was a private contemporary art gallery in Manhattan, New York, USA. It was founded by the married art dealers and collectors Madeleine Chalette Lejwa (1915–1996) and Arthur Lejwa (1895–1972) in February 1954. The Lejwas were refugees from the Nazi invasions of Poland and France. Initially, their gallery specialized in contemporary French and Polish prints and painting.
Museum of Modern ArtArt museum in New York City, USThe Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media.
StrasbourgPrefecture in Grand Est, FrancePrefecture and commune in Grand Est, FranceStrasbourg is a prefecture and commune, and the largest city of the Grand Estregion of northeastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhindepartment and the official seat of the European Parliament. In 2023, the city had 294,229 inhabitants, while Greater Strasbourg had a population of 522,596.
German EmpireGerman state from 1871 to 1918Today part ofGermanyPolandRussiaLithuaniaFranceDenmarkBelgiumNetherlandsCzech RepublicArea and population not including colonial possessionsThe German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany or the Second Reich, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when Germany changed its form of government to a republic.
World War IGlobal conflict from 1914 to 1918BelligerentsAllied Powers: France United Kingdom and Empire:Australia Canada Ceylon EgyptNewfoundlandNew Zealand India South Africa Russia (until 1917) Italy (from 1915) United States(from 1917) Japanand others ...Central Powers: GermanyAustria-HungaryOttoman Empire Bulgaria (from 1915)and others ...Commanders and leadersCasualties and losses 15–22 million deaths (military and civilian)World War I, or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
Franco-Prussian WarBelligerentsBefore 4 September 1870:Second French EmpireAfter 4 September 1870:French Third RepublicRedshirtsBefore 18 January 1871:North German ConfederationPrussiaSaxonyHesseand 19 smaller statesBavariaWürttembergBadenAfter 18 January 1871:German EmpireCommanders and leadersNapoleon III(POW)François BazainePatrice MacMahon (WIA)Abel Douay†Charles FrossardFrançois CanrobertAuguste Ducrot(POW)Emmanuel WimpffenJean Margueritte (DOW)Louis TrochuLéon GambettaJoseph VinoyJustin ClinchantGiuseppe GaribaldiWilhelm IOtto von BismarckHelmuth MoltkeCrown Prince FrederickFriedrich KarlKarl SteinmetzAlbrecht RoonEdwin ManteuffelLudwig IIJakob HartmannHugo KirchbachEduard PestelStrengthTotal deployment: 2,000,740Initial strength: 909,951492,585 active, including 300,000 reservists417,366 Garde MobilePeak field army strength: 710,000Total deployment: 1,494,412Initial strength: 938,424730,274 regulars and reservists208,150 LandwehrPeak field army strength: 949,337Casualties and losses756,285138,871 dead143,000 wounded474,414 captured or interned144,64244,781 dead89,732 wounded10,129 missing or captured450,000 total French civilians dead ~250,000 civilians dead, including 162,000 Germans in a smallpox epidemic spread by French POWs Until 4 September 1870.
MeudonMeudon (French pronunciation:) is a French commune located in the Hauts-de-Seinedepartment in the Île-de-Franceregion, on the left bank of the Seine. It is located 9.1 km (5.7 mi) from the center of Paris. The city is covered by the Meudon Domanial Forest that accounts for half of its surface, a rarity in the close suburbs of Paris. Also, the city presents many significant grades and contains the geographic high point of the innermost Paris suburbs.
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Sophie Taeuber-ArpSophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (; 19 January 1889 – 14 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer. Born in 1889 in Davos and raised in Trogen, Switzerland, she attended a trade school in St. Gallen and, later, art schools in Germany, before moving back to Switzerland during the First World War.
DadaAvant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
Abstract artAbstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color, and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Abstract art, non-figurative art, non-objective art, and non-representational art are all closely related terms. They have similar, but perhaps not identical, meanings.
ZurichLargest city in SwitzerlandMunicipality in SwitzerlandZurich (German: Zürich; Alemannic German: Züri; see below) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. As of the end of 2024, the municipality had a population of 436,551, while the urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), and the Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.