** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** During the opening days of WWI, ...

When Paul Gauguin’s work was rejected for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, he was insulted. The Eiffel Tower had just been opened to coincide with the Exposition, set to mark the centennial ...

Added t.p.: The Paris Exhibition album, 1889. In three parts: I.-General views of the exhibition. II.- the foreign countries at the exhibition. III.- The United States section at the expedition. Paris ...

On May 15, 1889, the Eiffel Tower celebrated its official inauguration at the start of the 1889 Paris World Fair after more than two years of construction. Take a look back at the intricate labor that ...

Paris' 1889 Exposition Universelle commemorated the 100th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution. Best known for introducing the Eiffel Tower, it was the fourth Exposition held in Paris, ...

“No one would ever call Paul Gauguin a nice guy,” said Steven Litt in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Paris stockbroker turned painter abandoned his wife and five children, moved to Tahiti, and had a ...

Paris wouldn't be Paris without the Eiffel Tower, the imposing structure that Gustave Eiffel built in just two years, two months, and five days to become the symbol of the 1889 Universal Exposition.

To mark the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, Paris hosted the 1889 World’s Fair (Exposition Universelle). Hoping to be considered for the high-profile project, artists from around the ...

Dr Dominic Selwood is a historian and barrister. He is the author of Spies, Sadists and Sorcerers: The History You Weren’t Taught at School (2015), and the crypto-thrillers The Sword of Moses (2013) ...

In 1889, Paul Gauguin staged an independent art show at Monsieur Volpini’s Café des Arts, located on the grounds of the Paris World’s Fair. The innovative exhibit showcased Gauguin’s ...