Kiki de Montparnasse

Within the bohemian and good Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki managed to flee poverty to grow to be some of the charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Companion to Man Ray – whose most legendary photographs she impressed – she could be immortalised by Kisling, Foujita, Per Krohg, Calder, Utrillo and Leger. Kiki was the muse of a technology that seeks to flee the hangover of the Nice Struggle, however she was above all one of many first emancipated ladies of the 20th century.