• President Reagan Joins G7 Leaders in Versailles
    Karl Schumacher
    Presidential Visit
    Head of State
    France
    This photograph, taken on June 4, 1982 by official White House photographer Karl Schumacher, shows President Ronald Reagan and other leaders from Group of Seven (G7) countries at the Grand Trianon in Versailles, France. The world leaders gathered to take part in the G7 summit, where representatives from the wealthiest and most industrialized countries unofficially convene to discuss economic concerns. Representing the United States, President Reagan joined Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada, President François Mitterrand of France, President of the European Commission Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister Zenkō Suzuki of Japan, Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini of Italy, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and Prime Minister Wilfried Martens of Belgium. This photograph is part of a collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. Haller served as executive chef of the White House from 1966-1987.
  • President Reagan Meets with President Mitterrand at the Élysée Palace
    Michael Evans
    Presidential Visit
    Head of State
    Cabinet
    France
    In this photograph, taken June 3, 1982 by official White House photographer Michael Evans, President Ronald Reagan listens to President François Mitterand of France during a meeting at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Reagan's Secretary of State Alexander Meigs Haig and Secretary of the Treasury Donald T. Regan also attended the meeting. This photograph is part of a collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. Haller served as executive chef at the White House from 1966-1987.
  • President Wilson with Allied Leaders
    Unknown
    World War I
    Head of State
    France
    Presidential Visit
    travel
    This photograph shows President Woodrow Wilson with the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, France, and Italy. These World War I leaders were known as the Big Four. Left to right: David Lloyd George (Britain), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (Italy), Georges Clemenceau (France), and Woodrow Wilson. In 1919 the Big Four met in Paris, France to negotiate the Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. This photograph was taken outside the Hotel Crillon in Paris.
  • The Clock Room, Quai d'Orsay
    Fülöp László
    World War I
    France
    painting
    This painting was done by Fülöp László (sometimes known as Philip Alexius de Laszló de Lombos). The Quai d'Orsay is the home of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Clock Room is a large space often used for receptions, and was the site of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference following the end of World War I. László was Hungarian-born but moved to Britain as an adult. He was renowned for his portraits. His subjects included Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt.
  • House on the Marne
    Paul Cézanne
    Post-Impressionism
    France
    landscapes
    painting
    This landscape of a white house on the Marne River is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. The Marne River runs east and southeast of Paris, France and was a frequent subject of Cézanne's. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
  • Mont Sainte-Victoire and Hamlet Near Gardanne
    Paul Cézanne
    Post-Impressionism
    France
    painting
    landscapes
    This landscape of a small village in the foothills of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire mountain range is by Post-Impressionist Paul Cézanne. The small town painted is likely Meyreuil near Gardanne in southern France. This painting is one of eight Cézannes bequeathed by Charles A. Loeser after his death in 1928 to the President of the United States and all his future successors. Though prolific during his lifetime, Cézanne's art did not receive much recognition or acclaim until after his death, when his influence was cited by younger artists such as Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso who moved away from the Impressionist style into new and different modes of painting.
  • Morning on the Seine, Good Weather
    Claude Monet
    landscapes
    painting
    France
    Impressionism
    This landscape of the Seine River in France is by renowned French Impressionist Claude Monet. The calm, tranquil depiction of the Seine was a gift of the Kennedy family in memory of President John F. Kennedy. Monet produced a series of paintings of the Seine during a single stretch in 1896-1897.