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Group show

Chagall, Modigliani, Soutine... Paris as a School, 1905-1940

from 2 Apr 2020 at Musée de l'Armée · Paris
Between 1905 and 1940, Paris attracted a remarkable generation of foreign artists who transformed the city into the world capital of modern art. This exhibition brings together works by key figures of the "École de Paris" — among them Marc Chagall, Amedeo Modigliani, and Chaim Soutine — who arrived from Eastern Europe, Russia, and beyond to forge bold new visual languages.

The show examines how these artists, united by their outsider status and shared ambition, created a vibrant, cosmopolitan creative community in Montparnasse and beyond. Paintings, drawings, and sculptures illuminate the cross-cultural exchanges, personal friendships, and artistic rivalries that defined one of the most fertile periods in the history of Western art.

An exhibition catalogue accompanies the show, offering scholarly essays and full-colour reproductions for a deeper engagement with the works and their historical context.

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About the artist

Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
1887–1985 · Expressionism

Marc Chagall was a Russian and French artist of Jewish ancestry. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris, as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage…

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Amedeo Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani
1884–1920 · modern art

Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France. He is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but…

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About the venue

Musée de l'Armée
Musée de l'Armée · Paris

The Musée de l'Armée is a national military museum of France located at Les Invalides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It is served by Paris Métro stations Invalides, Varenne and La Tour-Maubourg

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