Pour l'amour du pays, par les yeux du monde
« Le Traité d’Amitié et de Commerce qui consacra l’indépendance américaine en conférant la qualité de belligérants aux Insurgés, qui fit le premier entrer la République dans le concert des Nations – par quoi la France donna sa date de naissance internationale à l’État américain » (L-P. MAY)
Born Chaim Jacob Lipchitz in 1891 in Lithuania, the sculptor of Joie de Vivre changed his name to Jacques Lipchitz when he moved to Paris to study art in 1909
Louis Campau played an important role in the settlement of Michigan by expanding the fur trade and founding two of the state's major cities
On découvre le rôle crucial qu'a joué le curé Gabriel Richard dans l'histoire de Detroit.
the 10-foot figures represent the four French pioneers who helped open up the territory of Michigan and establish Detroit
The sculpture was a gift from the French-American Chamber of Commerce in honor of the Detroit 300 Tricentennial celebration
Fort Pontchartrain, the precursor to Detroit, was established by Cadillac.
John Eager Howard (1752-1827) was George Washington's chief of staff and Maryland's most distinguished Revolutionary War hero.
This statue served as a symbol of St. Louis until the completion of the Gateway Arch in 1965
Partageant le premier demi-siècle du vin de Californie, il en est l'un des pionniers et fondateurs, jusqu'à sa mort en 1940.
Fair Park constitue aujourd'hui le plus grand ensemble architectural Art Déco des États-Unis. Trois sculpteurs français participèrent à sa décoration.
Well-attended exhibitions in Paris in 1855 and 1867 helped to spread Second Empire style to England and then the United States
Popularized in the US by architect Richard Morris Hunt, the first American to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France.
In 1925 the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris further promoted the popularity of Art Deco style architecture
The popularity of this style was advanced by the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893
Known as the French Eclectic style, French Provincial or French Chateau, the style was fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s.
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