Eugène de Beauharnais (1781 - 1824) Son of Joséphine and Alexandre de Beauharnais. He becomes prince of Empire, lieutenant of Bonaparte he follows him in Italy, in Egypt, takes part in the campaigns of Austria, Spain and supplemented the Emperor and Murat during the retirement of Russia. Eugene attr
Élise Léontine Deroche, known as Baroness Raymonde de Laroche (1882 – 1919) was the first woman to obtain a pilots license in 1910. Aviation pioneers Daughter of a leatherworker father, Élise Deroche was born on August 22, 1882 in Paris. As a child, she loved sports and physical activity and gre
Spanish painter, draftsman and sculptor, Pablo Picasso is generally presented as one of the greatest artists of the XXth century. A ladies man whose companions would deeply inspire his work, he was, along with Georges Braque, the founder of cubism and one of the pillars of modern art. Author of a ri
Born in Paris to a Peruvian noble father and a French mother from the petty bourgeoisie, Flora Tristan quickly experienced poverty after the premature death of her father. She became a colorist worker in Paris, where she met her future husband.Flora Tristans personal experience would determine her p