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1901 - 1953. Known for: Painting.
Alice Ernestine Prin (1901-1953), also known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, Bohemian culture... Read full biography
Alice Ernestine Prin (1901-1953), also known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, Bohemian culture and creative Paris during the 1920s. At the age of fourteen Prin, now referring to herself as Kiki,... Read full biography
Alice Ernestine Prin (1901-1953), also known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, Bohemian culture and creative Paris during the 1920s. At the age of fourteen Prin, now referring to herself as Kiki, became a key feature in the Montparnasse social scene, posing for many artists of the time including Moise Kisling, Tsuguharu Foujita, Jean Cocteau and Alexander Calder. Man Ray also made hundreds of... Read full biography
Alice Ernestine Prin (1901-1953), also known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, Bohemian culture and creative Paris during the 1920s. At the age of fourteen Prin, now referring to herself as Kiki, became a key feature in the Montparnasse social scene, posing for many artists of the time including Moise Kisling, Tsuguharu Foujita, Jean Cocteau and Alexander Calder. Man Ray also made hundreds of portraits of her during the 1920s whilst she was both his muse and companion, the most notable of which being Le Violon dIngres. A painter in her own right, Kiki held a sell out show in 1927 at the Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in Paris. Typically,... Read full biography
Alice Ernestine Prin (1901-1953), also known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French artist's model, literary muse, nightclub singer and painter. She flourished in, and helped define, Bohemian culture and creative Paris during the 1920s. At the age of fourteen Prin, now referring to herself as Kiki, became a key feature in the Montparnasse social scene, posing for many artists of the time including Moise Kisling, Tsuguharu Foujita, Jean Cocteau and Alexander Calder. Man Ray also made hundreds of portraits of her during the 1920s whilst she was both his muse and companion, the most notable of which being Le Violon dIngres. A painter in her own right, Kiki held a sell out show in 1927 at the Galerie au Sacre du Printemps in Paris. Typically, her drawings and paintings comprise portraits and self-portraits, social activities, fanciful animals, and d... Read full biography
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