People
Kiki of Montparnasse
Biography:
Alice Prin born in 1901 as an illegitimate child and was raised in poverty by her grandmother. At age twelve, she was sent by train to live with her mother, a linotypist, in Paris in order to help earn an income for her family. By 14, she started posing as a nude model for various artists, this created discord with her mother, who finally disowned her. The teenage Kiki determined to make her living exclusively by posing for artists, but she soon became a local celebrity who symbolized the Montparnasse quarter's nonconformity and its rejection of the social norms of the petite bourgeoisie.
In Autumn 1921, Prin met the American visual artist Man Ray, and the two soon entered into a stormy... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray | 2024-05-03 |
Les Films de Man Ray | 2012-01-01 |
Walking on Air | 1946-11-01 |
The Old Devil as (uncredited) | 1933-01-01 |
The Yellow Captain | 1930-12-19 |
The Starfish as The Woman | 1928-04-20 |
Souvenir de Paris | 1928-01-01 |
Emak-Bakia as Girl with painted eyes | 1926-07-26 |
The Lion of the Moguls as La fille qui danse dans le bar | 1924-12-12 |
L'Inhumaine | 1924-12-12 |
Ballet Mécanique as Smiling Girl | 1924-09-24 |
The Gallery of Monsters | 1924-09-23 |
Return to Reason as Nude torso | 1923-09-06 |