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1929 as a celebration of this grand phenomenon. Baker is portrayed twice in this series of works. In one painting she is wearing a dress made of palm leaves and in the other she is wearing the famous banana yellow dress introduced at the Folies-Bergère concert hall in 1926. These works were intended as a tribute to
Josephine Baker and other African American actors. They attracted the attention of the Parisian public during the
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with impressive aplomb, a work in which there are only two basic colours, red and black, and which shows two caricatures of black people with eyes like billiard balls, and behind them the swinging Miss Baker. The well-distributed lettering is also clear and modern. It is an extremely simple yet fresh and joyful piece. It is a perfect invitation to the concert hall, and as a trial run, it is a masterful brushstroke.
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in French graphic arts. Josephine eventually became one of the premier stars of the Paris Opera and one of the most popular entertainers in Paris. This story is a collaboration between these two artists and a visual history of the excitement for music in the
Parisian era known as the 'jazz boom'. And both Josephine Baker and Paul Colin were awarded the
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Baker and Colin's encounter was lucky for both of them. Baker found a loyal supporter who would introduce her to French society and to some of Paris' artistic elite. Colin found himself a muse and produced about 1900 posters and hundreds of stage sets and enabled him to achieve a pre-eminent position
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After the horrors of World War I, a fascination with Africa and a frenzy of
American jazz swept through Paris, and "Black juggling" was very popular. Using this enthusiasm, the young Baker was invited from New York to star in La Revue Nègre. Her debut was a huge success and was soon invited by Folies
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Revue Nègre was an important event in the life of wartime Paris. It led to the discovery of jazz, to the invasion of colourful madness and to the
Charleston becoming the most fashionable dance in Paris. It created the glory of both Josephine Baker and Paul Colin. Paul Colin did his first masterpiece
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This poster, which kicked off the careers of
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in 1913. The L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts was founded in Paris by a minister of Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste
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in Paris because of a wild new dance known as the
Charleston. At this time the Jazz Age was in its peak, and Josephine Baker was a representative of that era. Her performance La Revue Nègre was a huge success in France in 1925. Paul Collin boldly designed posters and sets in red, black and white to
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and abstraction. He excelled in the deceptively simple way in which he portrayed his work. Over his lifetime, he designed dozens of posters for performers in various media, reflecting the history of
Parisian show business and the public life he led. His posters are highly stylised, concentrating on
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movement. Many of his most famous illustrations were created for Jazz Age music and theatre. His designs incorporate jazz elements, bold and striking colors, Cubist and
Surrealist. Highly stylized or caricaturized humanoids are strangely juxtaposed with geometrically overlapping objects such as
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Paul Colin was a professional artist, scenographer, graphic designer and theatre painter. He specialised in theatre sets, book design and costume design. During his lifetime he created over 1900 posters and worked in theatre for more than 40 years. He was praised for the perfect combination of
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is a remarkable achievement in Art Deco and graphic design, a style that takes its name from the 1925 Exposition of
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Bergère, where her signature performance was a dance in which she wore only a banana band. The other prints in the series show a variety of performers from the Satire, including a double sheet effect depicting an orchestra performing against an Art Deco cityscape and Parisians dancing the
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between two black men, one wearing a hat tilted over his eyes and a plaid bow tie, the other with a broad smile. This work is one of the greatest successes of Art Deco, as the cubist distortion admirably renders the rhythm of jazz, which was new in France at the time.
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In 1926 Baker left the Revue and disbanded the troupe, but her fame continued to grow with her outstanding performances in the clubs of Paris, and in 1927 she contributed to the publication of a memoir with illustrations by Colin.
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cheer the arrival of the African American dancers. Paul Colin's painting captures the lively gestures of the 'wild dance' of the Charleston dance, which was imported from America, and the rhythms of the new art form known as jazz.
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themes in the performing arts, dance, studio art and theatre. His bold imagery, strong clean lines and brilliant colours are a hallmark of his work and showcase his superb visual communication skills. Among these, his posters
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Le Tumulte Noir celebrates the spirit of unfettered expression that Josephine Baker displayed throughout her extraordinary career. Showcasing Paul Colin's tribute to the great African-American artists that brought the
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was painted on stone and then hand coloured using a popular and time-consuming technique known at the time as pochoir. This process involved applying individual stencils and special bristle pom-poms for each colour.
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to Paris, it celebrates not only Josephine Baker, but also the love of Charleston and jazz in France, and the huge impact these artists had on French popular culture in the 1920s.
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