ART & HISTORY · Section 03
Art & History
How a handful of cafés became the address of a whole generation of writers and painters.
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The Writers Who Made Montparnasse
How a handful of cafés became the address of a whole generation — Hemingway, Beckett, the exiles and the tables they held.
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Montparnasse and the School of Paris
Modigliani, Soutine, Brâncuși — the painters and sculptors who made the quarter the centre of the art world between the wars.
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A Walk in the Cimetière du Montparnasse
Sartre and Beauvoir, Baudelaire, Brâncuși — the quiet cemetery in the low afternoon light, and who lies there.
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How the Cafés Became an Address
Why the writers and painters of the world ended up at the same six tables — a short history of café Montparnasse.
4 min