Parisian Feast: Art in Paris between 1900 and 1930

Author: Frank (France) / Wang Gonghua
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: In 20th-century Paris, on Montmartre and Montparnasse, in the "Laundry Ship" and the "Beehive Houses," there were such people who were eccentric, unrestrained, unconventional, and lived life on their own terms. They were—oddities in life, geniuses in art. A Feast in Paris describes the artistic creation and life of a large number of artists from around the world in the world's art center, Paris, between 1900 and 1930. They lived mainly on the two hills facing each other on both banks of the Seine—Montmartre and Montparnasse. They transformed their lives and recreated art and artistic language. With rich historical materials and a vivid writing style, the author takes readers back to the banks of the Seine in the past. They push open the painting studios of the "Laundry Ship" and the "Beehive Houses," witnessing the inspired creations of masters like Picasso, Apollinaire, Matisse, Soutine, and de Chirico. It was their genius and innovation that led to the birth of one artistic movement after another—Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism—each leaving a bold and colorful mark in the history of art.