Description

The term Années folles (French pronunciation: ​[ane fɔl], “crazy years” in French) refers to the decade of the 1920s in France. It was coined to describe the rich social, artistic, and cultural collaborations of the period.[1] The same period is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age in the United States. In Germany, it is sometimes referred to as the Golden Twenties because of the economic boom that followed World War I.

Inside images are of Kiki De Montparnasse by Man Ray

Behind Man Ray’s Seminal Photograph of Kiki de Montparnasse

Cover image is the infamous Kiki De Montparnasse

In 1897 the Dutch-born painter Kees van Dongen went to live in Paris, where, after a short period under the influence of Impressionism, he became a member of the Montmartre bohemia and one of the leaders of the Fauvist revolution.