Kiki de Montparnasse

In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki manages to rise from poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde and interwar period. A companion of Man Ray and inspiration for his most legendary photographs, she would be immortalized by Kisling, Foujita, Per Krohg, Calder, Utrillo, and Léger. But if Kiki is the muse of a generation seeking to emerge from the hangover of World War I, she is, above all, one of the first emancipated women of this century. Beyond sexual and emotional freedom, Kiki asserts herself in the world through a freedom of tone, speech, and thought that stems from a single school: life.