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Amédéo Modigliani, Chaïm Soutine, Jules Pascin, Jacques Lipchitz, Léon Bakst, etc.
Survage Léopold
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Zadkine Ossip
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Chagall Marc
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Foujita Léonard
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Kisling Moïse
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Pascin Jules
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Varga Feri
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Marcoussis Louis
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Manolo Hugué
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Between 1905 and 1915, many artists in exile settled in Paris. Many of them were Jewish. But whether they were Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Russian or from other nationalities, they were all said to belong to the School of Paris. They gathered in Paris because they felt that was where they could find some favorable conditions to express their talents and the freedom to paint. In eyes, Paris had that quality of representing the myth of freedom. Hence Chagall’s famous remark: “I brought my things from Russia and Paris shed its light on them.”
They met in Montparnasse and at Le Bateau-Lavoir, in Montmartre. For a few francs, they found shelter at La Cité Falguière or La Ruche. There, they socialized and discussed art. Blaise Cendrars would sometimes join them. They were poor, but there was a conviviality and a solidarity and generosity, that brought happiness to their lives. A few dealers and collectioners passionately encouraged and supported them.
The cafés of Paris were also perfect meeting places for these artists. The first ones were La Rotonde and Le Dôme. Then came Le Select, Le Parnasse and La Coupole.
Although the artists who belonged to the School of Paris were each passionately pursuing their own style and mode of expression, they all shared a common faith in Art as the universal language, the only language allowing communication between all men and peace in the world.
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Others movements :
ITALIAN NOVECENTO -
RAYONNISM -
NEW FIGURATION -
Index chosen on the movements, important currents and events in the XX 2nd century art
I wanted to give here, with 46 various short introductions, some general elements on the movements or currents of art, groups or exhibitions, which concern the artists whose works are presented in gallery or were it recently. The table, above, will make it possible to visually locate the periods or dates in time.
Each entry is followed of a list of the principal artists belonging to the movement or current. It may be that there is only one simple relationship between such or such artist and the movement in which in theory one locates it (Click on the names in blue to reveal work or works currently in stock).
It will be understood, some movements are represented much than of others in my gallery. The same artist will be often found in several movements (as each one knows it, it was thus).
Although these some introductions, briefly developed, are not addressed to the specialists, they will forgive me the few lapses of memory or choices which would lend to discussion. I hope that these tiny introductions will be however useful to some of you. Michelle Champetier
