Paris School
International artistic community of the first half of the 20th century
Paris School — a collective designation for artists who worked in Paris in the early and mid-20th century, making the city the artistic capital of the world. This school included authors of very different nationalities: emigrants from Russia, Poland, Italy, Spain, China, Lithuania. They were not united by strict rules, but were distinguished by personal styles: Modigliani, Chagall, Soutine, Kisling, Léger.
Paris at that time was boiling with artistic experiments — Cubism, Post-Impressionism, Primitivism, Surrealism went hand in hand. Artists of the Paris School often worked in poverty; some lived in the famous "La Ruche" — a crowded workshop on the outskirts of Montparnasse. Ironically, sometimes their works were bought by Americans "by weight"!
A distinctive feature is a sensitive, sincere manner of painting, vivid metaphors, attention to human experiences.