In Montparnasse : the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali /

Roe, Sue,

In Montparnasse : the emergence of surrealism in Paris, from Duchamp to Dali / Sue Roe. - ix, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Originally published: UK: Fig Tree, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291) and index.

During the 1920s, in the Parisian neighbourhood of Montparnasse, a unique flowering of avant-garde artistic creativity became the cradle of Dada and Surrealism. In this crowd biography, Sue Roe tells the story - from Duchamp to Dali, via Man Ray and Max Ernst - of the salons and cafes, alliances and feuds, love affairs and scandals, successes and suicides of one of the most important and long-lasting artistic achievements of the twentieth century.

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Artists--History--France--Paris--20th century.
Surrealism--History.--France--Paris
Art, Modern--20th century.


Montparnasse (Paris, France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

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