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Paintings on Stamps, from the Modern Art Museum, Paris

From the original Art on Stamps archive

Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou (National Center of Art and Culture) is a public establishment in Paris that was inaugurated in 1977. The strange building, looking more like a gas factory than like a museum, was conceived by the architects P. Piano and R. Rogers. Tip : Point on the stamps with the mouse index for more information about the works of art displayed and about the stamps.

Georges Pompidou is the man who mostly contributed to the creation of the National Center of Art and Culture.

He was a French politician. Between 1962-1968 he was Prime Minister and after that, till his death in 1974, President of the French Republic.

Georges Pompidou was fascinated by the modern art and culture. (After: Petit Larousse en couleurs, Librairie Larousse, 1988)