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PARIS IS A PARTY - A MOVEABLE FEAST THE ONE-WAY JOURNEY OF VIETNAMESE ARTISTS IN THE 30S. La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris, between the two wars. It was in the cafés of Montparnasse – which replaced Montmartre from the beginning of the century – that the world history of art was written in those years. What ...

Around La Rotonde, Montparnasse, Paris, circa 1905. Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Around La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris, 1939. Photographed by Photographer Pierre Jahan (France, 1909-2003) Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

Moïse Kisling (Poland/France, 1891-1953) on left and Pablo Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) photographed by Jean Cocteau (France, 1889-1963), Montparnasse, Paris, 1916. Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, Reconsidered

La Closerie des Lilas, Montparnasse, Paris, in the 70’s. All the Vietnamese artists used to meet there. Montparnasse, or more precisely the crossroads Montparnasse-Vavin-Raspail, was the centre of the world. All was audacious there. Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art | Selected Press Echoes of Tonkin: A Curator’s Perspective Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese Modern Art, ...

La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris, between the two wars. It was in the cafés of Montparnasse – which replaced Montmartre at the beginning of the century – that the world history of art was written in those years. What triumphed there, to an ever greater extent than spirit, was culture. A culture created by an extreme ...