Paris is the City of Light in all its aspects. In the 1920s, La Ville des lumières shines exceptionally bright and becomes a magnet for creative people from all over the world. This is the decade of Coco Chanel and Josephine Baker, Art Deco and Surrealism, café culture and cabaret.

The most famous artists of the era, later referred to as Classic Modernism, are in close contact and have lively exchanges among themselves – including Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, René Clair, Sonia Delaunay, André Breton, Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dalí.

The creative life and all its excesses flourish – bohemian is the word that describes this lifestyle. Composers like Igor Stravinsky, writers like James Joyce or Ernest Hemingway, and exiles from Eastern Europe like Constantin Brancuşi or Marc Chagall enrich the iconic scene of Montparnasse. The lively bars and dance halls of Montmartre are captured by photographers André Kertesz and Brassaï.

The French economy is booming and luxury stores like La Samaritaine open their doors. Coco Chanel creates her own fragrance and designs the little black dress. More than 30 extraordinary works of architecture, painting, sculpture, cinema, photography, design, and fashion are presented, including Giacometti's Surrealist Suspended Ball and the film Un chien andalou by Dalí and Buñuel.

To this day, the burgeoning creativity, diversity, and savoir vivre make Paris a place of longing for night owls, bons vivants, and aficionados of fine arts.

Pages: 96, Year of Publication: 0926, Dimensions: 21x21cm