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12 unusual facts about Grand Palais


Bernard 200

At the same time the second prototype was on display on the Bernard stand at the 13th Salon de l'Aéronautique, held at the Grand Palais in Paris.

Darco

Darco’s work has been exhibited in the museums Palais de Tokyo, Centre Georges Pompidou, Kaltmann Museum, Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires and the Grand Palais in Paris, France.

Humberto Castro

Three years after this experience in Northamerica "Humberto Castro. Jeune Peinture", Grand Palais, Paris, France.

Jimmy Hare

During World War I he documented American, British, Canadian, and Italian soldiers, St Dunstan's home for blind soldiers, the Greek harbor town of Thessaloniki, the military hospital at the Hall of Mechanics at the Grand Palais in Paris, people fleeing Antwerp, funerals of the dead from the RMS Lusitania, and the American Ambulance Hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine, among other subjects.

Men's épée at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The Men's épée event took place on November 8, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Men's foil at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The Men's foil event took place on November 7, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Paulhan-Tatin Aéro-Torpille No.1

The Aéro-Torpille No.1 created great interest during the 1911 Salon de l’Aéronautique, at the Grand Palais in Paris, due to its novel design and streamlined appearance, great care having been taken in the design to eliminate drag.

Thanassis Stephopoulos

The resulting sensory perception in this first period of his work is the series of Nature morte, which were exposed for the first time in France at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, in Salon d'Automne at Grand Palais, at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen and elsewhere.

Women's épée at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The Women's épée event took place on November 8, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Women's foil at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The Women's foil event took place on November 7, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Women's sabre at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The Women's sabre event took place on November 6, 2010 at Grand Palais.

Women's team épée at the 2010 World Fencing Championships

The women's team épée took place on November 12 at the Grand Palais.


Laurent Marqueste

Among his commissions are a large number of allegorical architectural figural sculptures, historical portraits (Victor Hugo, and Geographie for the Sorbonne, 1901) and others for the monumental Gare d'Orsay (now the Musée d'Orsay), the Collège des Beaux-Arts, the Grand Palais for the 1900 Exposition, and the Hôtel Dufayel, Avenue des Champs-Élysées (1906, demolished).