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Kiki of Montparnasse

Kiki of Montparnasse
  • Name: Kiki of Montparnasse
  • Birthday: 1901-10-02
  • Also known as: Alice Prin,Alice Ernestine Prin
  • Place of birth: Châtillon-sur-Seine, Francia
  • Popularity: 0.343
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

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Title Release date
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