Now that you have met the artists, end your journey by creating an artwork inspired by their artistic styles. Welcome to the Rendezvous in Paris exhibition. Today, you are a young artist going back to the beginning of the 20th century to see how artists used to live and work together in Paris. Artists from all over Europe and the rest of the world, including Kupka, Picasso, Chagall and RENDEZVOUS Modigliani, came to Paris to work and create new styles of painting and sculpture. This took place in IN PARIS three main Parisian districts, Montmartre, La Ruche Picasso, Chagall, Modigliani & Co. (1900-1939) and Montparnasse, where they worked and learned from each other. YOUNG VISITORS’ GUIDE On this journey, you will meet some of these artists and learn how they developed their artistic techniques. Be inspired, have fun and spark your creativity for your own final artwork. know your soul, I will paint your eyes.” your paint will I soul, your know 2. Picasso painted a girl playing with a hoop. a with playing girl a painted Picasso 2. eyes if he knew them very well. “When I I “When well. very them knew he if eyes Kupka felt while painting it. it. painting while felt Kupka Modigliani would only paint his subjects’ subjects’ his paint only would Modigliani 4. reflect real life. It is a reflection of how how of reflection a is It life. real reflect 3. Chagall painted his father in this portrait. this in father his painted Chagall 3. The use of colour in this painting does not not does painting this in colour of use The 1. ANSWERS CUBISM is an art form which There you are! I’m Pablo Picasso. shows our three-dimensional FAUVISM is an art style that I always wanted to paint world on a two-dimensional Hello there! My name is expresses feelings through differently, so I taught myself using surface using simple František Kupka. I am known an unusual use of colours. elements from my imagination geometric shapes. for using colours to express my The word itself comes from and childhood. My paintings often emotions rather than showing ‘fauve’, which means ‘wild’ look like they have been broken objects and people as we see them in French. up into small geometric shapes. in reality. Isn’t that wild and fun? , 1907 (C) Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, , 1907 (C) Centre 1919 © Philippe Migeat - Centre Pompidou, Pompidou, 1919 © Philippe Migeat - Centre The Yellow Scale The Yellow Frantisek Kupka, Paris, 2019 Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Claude Planchet (C) ADAGP, In my paintings, colours girl with a hoop, Young play the most important role. This is something I learned Pablo Picasso, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP © Succession Picasso 2019 from Fauve artists. Why is this portrait I Look at all the different shapes painted unrealistic? that I used in this painting. What shapes do you see? Can you guess what I was trying to paint? Well hello! I’m very happy to meet you. I am Marc Chagall. Dreams, childhood memories and daily Buongiorno! My name life all inspire my art. I have always is Amedeo Modigliani. enjoyed watching people go about My paintings and sculptures their routines, which you will see in resemble primitive masks. my dream-like paintings. I love using simple facial lines, They are surreal! with almond-shaped eyes and stretched necks and faces. , 1918 © Service de la documentation , 1918 © Service de la documentation Portrait of Dédie I consider this a very personal Amedeo Modigliani, Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP photographique du MNAM - Centre painting. Look at this lady’s Can you SURREALISM is long neck and eyes. guess who art which explores dreams Sometimes, I paint it might be? In PRIMITIVISM, early and fantasy. People and my subjects’ eyes 1911 © Philippe Migeat - Centre Pompidou, Pompidou, 1911 © Philippe Migeat - Centre modern European artists without any pupils. objects appear in unusual were inspired by ancient, colours, sometimes even primitive arts from Africa, Why do you think The Father, floating or dancing. the South Pacific and I do that? Indonesia. Marc Chagall, Marc Paris, 2019 MNAM-CCI/Dist. RMN-GP © ADAGP,.