Paris World Exposition 1937 Photos

The Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (International Exposition of Art and Technology in Modern Life) in 1937 is remembered as the fair when the Pavilions of the USSR & Nazi Germany faced off against each other. The Palais de Chaillot (replacing the 1878 Palais du Trocadéro) and the Palais de Tokyo are what remain of the buildings created for this exhibition.

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1937 International Exposition seen from second level of Eiffel Tower painting by André Devambez at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Eiffel Tower between tall German & USSR pavilions seen from Trocadero at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Eiffel Tower & French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Lighted night view of Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
1937 International Exposition seen from second level of Eiffel Tower painting by André Devambez at Carnavalet Museum. Paris, France.Eiffel Tower between tall German & USSR pavilions seen from Trocadero at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Eiffel Tower & French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Lighted night view of Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Pillar of peace at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Detail of French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Austrian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Pillar of peace at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Detail of French provincial pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Austrian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Siam Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Iraq & Brazil national Pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Cover of photo souvenir booklet with Art Deco design from Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Romanian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Siam Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Iraq & Brazil national Pavilions at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Cover of photo souvenir booklet with Art Deco design from Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Romanian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Marco Duiliu.
Austrian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Great Britain Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Nazi Germany Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.United States Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Austrian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Oswald Haerdtl & Josef Hoffmann.Great Britain Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Oliver Hill.Nazi Germany Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Albert Speer.United States Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Paul Lester Weiner, Julian Clarence Levi & Charles H. Higgins.
Luxembourg Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Norwegian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Belgian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Hungarian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.
Luxembourg Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Nicolas Schmit-Noesen.Norwegian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Knut Knutsen, Arne Korsmo, & Ole Lind Schistad.Belgian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Henri Van de Velde.Hungarian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Georgyi.
USSR Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Yugoslavian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Italian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France.Palais de Tokyo built as palais des Musées d'art moderne for Exposition Internationale 1937. Paris, France.
USSR Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Boris Jofan.Yugoslavian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: J. Seissel-Weissmann.Italian Pavilion at Exposition Paris 1937. Paris, France. Architect: Marcello Piacentini.Palais de Tokyo (1937) built as palais des Musées d'art moderne for Exposition Internationale 1937. Paris, France. Style: Art Deco. Architect: André Aubert.
Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.Art Deco mural at Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.La danse painting by Henri Matisse for Exposition Internationale 1937 at Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France.Guernica painting by Pablo Picasso about Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain during Spanish Civil War formerly in MoMA now in Museo Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain.
Palais de Tokyo (1937). Paris, France. Art Deco mural at Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France. La danse painting (1931-3) by Henri Matisse for Exposition Internationale 1937 at Palais de Tokyo. Paris, France. Guernica (1937) painting by Pablo Picasso about Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain (April 26, 1937) during Spanish Civil War formerly in MoMA now in Museo Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain.
Detail of Guernica by Pablo Picasso captures terror of aerial bombing of civilians during Spanish Civil War at Museo Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain.Socialist Realism art from 1937 Paris International Exposition now in economic advancement park in Moscow. Russia.Armchair & table of thermoformed & tempered glass by René Coulon of Paris for Saint-Gobain at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.
Detail of Guernica (1937) by Pablo Picasso captures terror of aerial bombing of civilians during Spanish Civil War at Museo Reina Sofia. Madrid, Spain.Socialist Realism art from 1937 Paris International Exposition now in economic advancement park (VDNK) in Moscow. Russia.Armchair & table of thermoformed & tempered glass (1937) by René Coulon of Paris for Saint-Gobain (shown Paris Expo 1937) at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.
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