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Georges Lachapelle's liner Liberté at dockside

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: “The Travel Trunk” invites you to discover Georges Lachapelle's magnificent painting of the departure of the liner Liberté. The rebirth of a ship In 1928, work began on a new liner at the Blohm & Voss shipyards in Hamburg. This was Nordeuttscher Lloyd's Europa, assigned to the transatlantic line. In 1930, she broke the speed record by making the trip to New York in four days, 17 hours and 6 minutes. Captured by the United States in 1945, she was offered as war reparations to France. The Comp...

Source: Industrias Culturais (Universidade de Coimbra)

DOI: 10.58079/12uxy

Author: Lise Gilbert

Language: English

Topic: Photographic and Visual Arts

Subfield: Museology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6936874272

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