Why Paris? the allure of the City of Light 1900 - 1945
Ref: SID34
Tue 3rd Dec 2024
10:00 am
Lecturer: Mary Alexander
How and why the City of Paris has acted as both a magnet and cauldron of talent for aspiring artists and designers.
Discover more about the events and personalities shaping the 'City of Light' during the end of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. We will identify the creative individuals, including newly emerging female talents, who shaped the Parisian concept of 'modernity' in art, design, fashion and photography.
This is a full day event with three lectures (two in the morning and one in the afternoon, finishing about 3 pm) and lunch.
Session One: La Belle Epoque - city of pleasure and reinvention 1890s - 1914
Session Two: Partying into the future - 1920s and 30s
Session Three: Paris Exposition 1937 - occupation and defiance
Mary will bring her personal vintage postcard collection, advertisements, fashion plates and historic exhibition catalogues to the day.