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The decade that invented modern art — told as the story of the people who lived it. When the young Pablo Picasso arrived in Paris in 1900, he headed straight for Montmartre, the seedy hillside quarter of windmills, cheap studios, and cheaper wine. In In Montmartre, Sue Roe brings that electric decade to vivid life.
This is the group biography of modernism’s birth: Picasso and Henri Matisse — friends, rivals, revolutionaries — alongside Georges Braque, André Derain, Gertrude Stein, and a dazzling cast of painters, writers, poets, and musicians. In smoky cafés and cramped studios, they invented Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism, tearing down centuries of artistic tradition.
Roe captures the cross-fertilization of painting, writing, music, and dance that made Paris 1900–1910 the most exciting art scene on earth. Thrilling, deeply researched, and endlessly lively, In Montmartre is perfect for anyone who wants to know how modern art really began — and who the remarkable people were who made it happen.
When the young Pablo Picasso first arrived in Paris in 1900, he headed straight for Montmartre — the seedy hillside quarter of windmills, cheap studios, and cheaper wine where the most progressive young artists lived and worked. In In Montmartre, Sue Roe brings that electric decade to vivid life.
This is the group biography of modernism’s birth: Picasso and Henri Matisse — friends, rivals, revolutionaries — alongside Georges Braque, André Derain, Gertrude Stein, and a dazzling cast of painters, writers, poets, and musicians. In smoky cafés and cramped studios, they invented Fauvism, Cubism, and Futurism, tearing down centuries of artistic tradition.
Roe, a lively and deeply researched guide, captures the cross-fertilization of painting, writing, music, and dance that made Paris 1900–1910 the most exciting art scene on earth. In Montmartre is a thrilling account of an extraordinary group of artists on the cusp of fame — perfect for anyone who wants to know how modern art really began.
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