Vallauris in the Cold War

The atlas holds 9 people and 21 moments here, from 1948 to 1982. The most recorded lives are Pablo Picasso, Édith Piaf and Akira Kurosawa.

Notable people

  1. Akira Kurosawa

    from 1980 to 1982

    2 moments here

    Japanese filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, editor, and painter. Kurosawa directed 30 feature films between 1943 and 1993, including Rashomon, Seven…

  2. Brigitte Bardot

    in 1953

    1 moment here

    French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…

  3. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1971

    1 moment here

    English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

  4. Claude Simon

    in 1956

    1 moment here

    French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…

  5. Édith Piaf

    in 1963

    3 moments here

    French singer and lyricist Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, rose from street performance in Paris to international prominence in chanson…

  6. Grace Kelly

    in 1955

    1 moment here

    American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…

  7. Miguel Ángel Asturias

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

  8. Olivia de Havilland

    from 1953 to 1965

    2 moments here

    Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…

  9. Pablo Picasso

    from 1948 to 1973

    9 moments here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

Moments

  1. 1948 Establishes Villa La Galloise Pablo Picasso
  2. 1953 Cannes Film Festival appearance Brigitte Bardot
  3. 1953 Cannes Film Festival visit Olivia de Havilland
  4. 1954 Returns to Vallauris with Jacqueline Pablo Picasso
  5. 1955 Settles at La Californie Pablo Picasso
  6. 1955 United States delegation at Cannes Grace Kelly
  7. 1956 Visit to Picasso at Antibes Claude Simon
  8. 1957 Paints Las Meninas series at Cannes Pablo Picasso
  9. 1961 Celebrates his eightieth birthday in Vallauris Pablo Picasso
  10. 1961 Marries Jacqueline in Vallauris Pablo Picasso
  11. 1961 Settles at Notre-Dame-de-Vie Pablo Picasso
  12. 1963 Move to La Gatounière near Mougins Édith Piaf
  13. 1963 Final move to Plascassier Édith Piaf
  14. 1963 Death at Plascassier Édith Piaf
  15. 1965 President of the Cannes Film Festival jury Olivia de Havilland
  16. 1968 Urgent museum meeting at Mougins Pablo Picasso
  17. 1970 President of Cannes Film Festival jury Miguel Ángel Asturias
  18. 1971 Honoured at Cannes Film Festival Charlie Chaplin
  19. 1973 Dies at Notre-Dame-de-Vie Pablo Picasso
  20. 1980 Palme d'Or ceremony for Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa
  21. 1982 Cannes Film Festival opening ceremony Akira Kurosawa

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