Alice Prin
Also known as Kiki de Montparnasse
French painter (1901–1953)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1901
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 39
Top works
- Les souvenirs de Kiki
- Kiki's memoirs
- The education of a French model
- Angst!
- The Babysitter Comes over
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Film & TV
Acting · Châtillon-sur-Seine, Francia
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…
Known for
- Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray — The Woman / The Girl With The Painted Eyes / Nude Torso2024
- Les Films de Man Ray2012
- Walking on Air1946
- The Old Devil — (uncredited)1933
- The Yellow Captain1930
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Article
Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French model, chanteuse, memoirist and painter during the Jazz Age. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated culture of Paris in the so-called Années folles ("crazy years" in French). She became one of the most famous models of the 20th century and in the history of avant-garde art.
Early life