
Alice Prin
Actors · Artists · Musicians · art model · dancer · model
French painter (1901–1953)
About Alice Prin
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.
Quick facts
- Known for
- Yvonne George – Kiki de Montparnasse : Succès et raretés 1925-1940
- Born
- 1901-10-02
- Died
- 1953-03-23
- Artist type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Châtillon-sur-Seine
- Associated area
- France
- Active period
- 1901-10-02 – 1953-03-23
- ISNI
- 0000000120263068
