S01E01 Bohemians
In the joyous Montmartre of the early 20th century, a troupe of artists, including Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire, lead a bohemian life of work, muses, collectors and sleepless nights.
The Adventurers of Modern Art
S01E04: The Artists of Montparnasse
While Man Ray has a passionate relationship with Kiki, Aragon meets Elsa Triolet. Picasso lives between two women. Salvador Dalí bursts in.
Overview
An intimate portrait of the lives of the artists, founders of modern art, who lived in Montmartre from 1900 until the liberation of France from the German yoke in 1944, near the end of World War II.
Episodes
S01E02 Picasso's Gang
Cubism scandalizes. The beginnings of artistic recognition are accompanied by ruptures: Picasso moves to Montparnasse. World War I breaks out. Picasso and Max Jacob, discharged from the army, remain in Paris. Braque, Derain and Apollinaire...
S01E03 Paris, Capital of the World
In 1916, in Montparnasse, foreign artists starve. In 1917, Surrealism is born.
S01E04 The Artists of Montparnasse
While Man Ray has a passionate relationship with Kiki, Aragon meets Elsa Triolet. Picasso lives between two women. Salvador Dalí bursts in.
S01E05 Freedom!
The Spanish Civil War mobilizes artists. In 1937, the Guernica massacre inspires Picasso.
S01E06 Midnight in Paris
During World War II, artists and intellectuals flee Europe; but those who remain try to survive.
Cast
Amira Casar
Self - Narrator (voice)
