Josephine Baker became the toast of Paris when she danced the Charelston with her jazz review, "Le Tumulte Noir." Parisians, and American expats loved the young American and her style of dance.
The Art Deco poster is representative of the graphics of the era. It depicts the night life and cosmpolitan atmosphere of Paris in the 1920s. Art Deco took its name from the 1925 Exposition of Decorative Arts in Paris.
21 comments:
beautiful poster....i have been waiting for so long for a post from u ..
hi Paul..again a great post! You bring back that ages with a great sense in your blog.
The poster makes me long for an entirely different period of time!
Madeleine, a girl of 4 years was abducts in the Village of the Light, the Algarve, Portugal in day 3 of this month, puts fhoto of it in your Blogues, goes all to look the girl
Lovely photos!
I wasn't aware of any connection between Baker and Hem until I saw this on Wiki: Ernest Hemingway called her "the most sensational woman anyone ever saw."
Plus she became his muse in some way - which of his characters could be modelled after her?
Hey Paul. I know, I know. Me too.
And I'm going to say nothing about the Maddie situation in the Algarve. Though I am in a postion reallt to write my long-awaited book on Portugal...and England now, through this.
I was living in Paris when Josephine Baker died. In fact, I remember seeing her on TV before that, old, much adored by Le Tout Paris & I had no idea who she was then.
Her name was pronounced by the French as 'Backer', or rather, Backair. So for decades, she was that, rather than Baker. Strange what moving abroad can do.....See you soon, be up!
Thanks everyone for visiting & commenting.
Isabella, I put these photos in primarily just to add a bit of "Paris in the '20s," atmosphere to the blog & a bit of a tie-in to the sidewalk-cafe/drinking 'till you drop theme.
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Nice shot Paul!
What's new???
Miss ya but am staying really busy at the moment....
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xo
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Hello Ame :)
Long time no chat - hopefully you are enjoying being busy!
Everybody misses you..........
xo
I've always enjoyed Josephine Baker... partly, I suspect, because we share a name. Great images, as usual!
Hello Icarus - she certainly was unique - and adored by the French. I didn't know about the "Backer" - yes - travel does strange things :)
Hi, Josy, I didn't know ( duh!) that you shared the name :)
She was fascinating - thanks for visiting.
When I was in business, I had a number of posters similar or like these. I remember them but do not recall what happened to them. I like the new additions to your blog. Very nice work.
And thank you, as always, for your visits to my blogs and your comments are always nice and encouraging. Thank you.
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Brookville Daily Photo
Art Deco... en réaction à l'Art Nouveau (that's that liberty style of those houses you saw on my blog). Definitely interesting as usual then that poster of M.me Baker c'est magnifique.
how do you periodically manage to amaze me like this!! awesome! loved the poster..brings back the golden days to life..
I think that poster is gonna blend in with my furniture at home Paul :)
Sorry I've been late to swing by here
yes the poster is amazing..
P.S.
thank you for your lovely comments.
Thanks for visiting, Paul!
Have a good weekend! Doing anything special?
Hi Paul,
Great post (as usual). You can’t imagine the nostalgia those pictures make me feel.
Isabella, no special plans here - you?
Carlos, I'm glad that you like it - I'm fond of the old art work myself :)
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