Kiki of Montparnasse

Kiki of Montparnasse

Alice Prin born in 1901 as an illegitimate child and was raised in poverty by her grandmother. At age twelve, she was sent by train to live with her mother, a linotypist, in Paris in order to help earn an income for her family. By 14, she started posing as a nude model for various artists, this created discord with her mother, who finally disowned her. The teenage Kiki determined to make her living exclusively by posing for artists, but she soon became a local celebrity who symbolized the Montparnasse quarter's nonconformity and its rejection of the social norms of the petite bourgeoisie. In Autumn 1921, Prin met the American visual artist Man Ray, and the two soon entered into a stormy eight-year relationship. She lived with Man Ray in his studio on rue Campagne-Première until 1929 during which time he made hundreds of portraits of her. She became his muse at the time and the subject of some of his best-known images. By 1929, Prin had reached the zenith of her fame. A symbol of bohemian and creative Paris and of the possibility of being a woman and finding an artistic place, she was elected the Queen of Montparnasse at the age of twenty-eight. Despite her local fame, she continued to live a hand-to-mouth existence. Even during difficult times, she maintained her positive attitude, saying "all I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of red [wine]; and I will always find somebody to offer me that." She died at the age of fifty-one on after collapsing outside her flat in Montparnasse, apparently of complications of alcoholism or drug dependence.

  • Titolo: Kiki of Montparnasse
  • Popolarità: 0.272
  • Conosciuto per: Acting
  • Compleanno: 1901-10-02
  • Luogo di nascita: Châtillon-sur-Seine, Francia
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  • Conosciuto anche come: Alice Prin, Alice Ernestine Prin
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Kiki of Montparnasse Film

  • 1924
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    Futurismo

    Futurismo

    6.8 1924 HD

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  • 1930
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    Le Capitaine jaune

    Le Capitaine jaune

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1926
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    Emak-Bakia

    Emak-Bakia

    6.882 1926 HD

    Film muto sperimentale

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  • 1924
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    La Galerie des monstres

    La Galerie des monstres

    8 1924 HD

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  • 1946
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    Walking on Air

    Walking on Air

    1 1946 HD

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  • 2024
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    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    9 2024 HD

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  • 1923
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    Le retour à la raison

    Le retour à la raison

    6.376 1923 HD

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  • 1928
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    L'Étoile de mer

    L'Étoile de mer

    6.9 1928 HD

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  • 1924
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    Ballet Mécanique

    Ballet Mécanique

    6.5 1924 HD

    A pulsing, kaleidoscope of images set to an energetic soundtrack. A young women swings in a garden; a woman's face smiles. The rest is spinning...

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  • 1933
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    Cette vieille canaille

    Cette vieille canaille

    5.2 1933 HD

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  • 1924
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    Le Lion des Mogols

    Le Lion des Mogols

    6.7 1924 HD

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  • 1928
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    Paris express

    Paris express

    1 1928 HD

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  • 2012
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    Les Films de Man Ray

    Les Films de Man Ray

    1 2012 HD

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