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France  |  1890s - 1920s

France: The French Avant Garde

The French Avant Garde


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René Clair and Entr’acte

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1 René Clair, Entr_acte, 1924

The Players

141 The Surrealists
142 Max Ernst
143 Germaine Dulac
144 Marcel L_Herbier
145 Jean Epstein
146 Man Ray
147 Fernand Léger
148 René Clair
149 Marcel Duchamp by John Schiff
150 Luis Buñuel
151 Salvador Dalí
153 Alberto Cavalcanti
155 Louis Delluc
156 Abel Gance
156b Abel Gance
157 Jean Cocteau
Musidora, The Real Avant-Garde, BFI National Film Theater, 1963 UKretro
French surrealist postcards, circa 1900-1920. Fpc
French surrealist postcards, circa 1900-1920. Fpc
French surrealist postcards, circa 1900-1920. Fpc
French surrealist postcards, circa 1900-1920. Fpc
Mon cine magazine Germaine Dulac cove, 1923. Fmag
Germaine Dulac, La coquille et le clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman), 1928. gbook
Germaine Dulac, La coquille et le clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman), 1928. FmrCinema
Germaine Dulac, La coquille et le clergyman (The Seashell and the Clergyman), 1928. gbook
USA SF Germain Dulac and Jean Painlevé, King Vidor, Hallelujah, 1929. Fpp
Marcel L'Herbier, Eldorado, 1921. Fbook
Marcel L_Herbier, L_homme du large, 1920. FmrCinema
Marcel L_Herbier, Eve Francis in Eldorado, 1921. Jmag
Marcel L_Herbier, Eve Francis in Eldorado, 1921. Jmag
Marcel L.Herbier, L_argent, 1928. Fp
Marcel L_Herbier, L_inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman), 1924. Fposter reprint
Marcel L_Herbier, L_Inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman), 1924. USSRss24
Marcel L_Herbier, Comite de Defense du Cinema Francais, 1930. Fletter
Marcel L_Herbier Comite de Defense du Cinema Francais
Louis Delluc, Fièvre, 1921. Fposter
Louis Delluc, L_Homme des bars, First edition, Editions La Pensée Française, Marseille, 1923. Fbook
Jean Epstein, La Femme du nulle part, 1922. FmrCinema
Louis Delluc Lisez donc cinéa, 1920s, Fad
Jean Epstein, Les aventures de Robert Macaire  (Adventures of Robert Macaire), 1925. Fpetiteillustration
Jean Epstein, La glace à trois faces (The Three-Sided Mirror), 1927. FmrCinema
Jean Epstein, Finis terrae (End of the Earth), 1929. FmrCinema
Jean Epstein, La belle Nivernaise (The Beauty from Nivernais), 1924. FmrCinema

The Surrealists

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199 Man Ray, Girl with the Long Hair, 1929. Kunsthaus Zurich exhibition, 1989.
192 Man Ray, Ballet mécanique, 1924. Images du Cinema Francais, 1945. Fbook
204 Man Ray, objects de mon affection (Objects of My Affection), 1968. Fcat
213 René Clair, notecard, 1930s Fnotecard
195, Man Ray. Starfish, 1928. UKmagiclantern
212 Fernand Léger, Léger de Bouwers, Gemeente Musea Amsterdam, circa 1950s. ncat
Fernand Leger, Léger de Bouwers, Gemeente Musea Amsterdam, circa 1950s. ncat
René Clair, notecard, 1930s Fnotecard
René Clair, En'tracte, 1924. FmrCinema
France Silent Rene Clair À nous la liberté (À Nous la Liberté), 1931. Fp
René Clair, Entr'acte, 1924. Rudolf Kurtz Expressionismus und Film, 1926. gbook
René Clair, Entr'acte, 1924. Rudolf Kurtz Expressionismus und Film, 1926. gbook
René Clair, Entr'acte, 1924. Rudolf Kurtz Expressionismus und Film, 1926. gbook
René Clair, Entr'acte, 1924. Rudolf Kurtz Expressionismus und Film, 1926. gbook
Max Ernst, La femme visible, 1925. swisspc
Dada, Galerie Krugier & Cie, Geneva, 1966. swisscat
Rene Magritte, Le miroir vivant, 1928. Magritte Collection 1991. Fpc
Man Ray, Photography Is Not An Art, 1937. Official reprint, 2009, Man Ray Trust, Wien. Fotohof
Man Ray, Photography Is Not An Art, 1937. Official reprint, 2009, Man Ray Trust, Wien. Fotohof
Man Ray, Photography Is Not An Art, 1937. Official reprint, 2009, Man Ray Trust, Wien. Fotohof
Man Ray, Photography Is Not An Art, 1937. Official reprint, 2009, Man Ray Trust, Wien. Fotohof
Man Ray, Photography Is Not An Art, 1937. Official reprint, 2009, Man Ray Trust, Wien. Fotohof
Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon), 1927. gbook
Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (Napoleon), 1927. gbook (1)
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), L'âge d'or program, 1930. Fwpp
Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), 1929. Czech Film Institute czechstill
Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí , Un chien andalou (An Andalusian dog), 1929. FmrCinema
Luis Buñuel, Salvador Dalí, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian dog), 1929. Fposter
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), 1929. MBC Retrospective 2011 UScal MBC
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), 1929. gposter
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog), 1929. (1997 poster for San Sebastian Film Festival). spc
Luis Buñuel, L'âge d'or (L'Age d'Or), 1930. Fwpp
Luis Buñuel, L'âge d'or (L'Age d'Or), 1930. Fwpp
Luis Buñuel, L'âge d'or (L'Age d'Or), 1930. Fwpp
Luis Buñuel, L'âge d'or (L'Age d'Or), 1930. Fwpp
Studio 28 calendar, 2017. Fcal
Luis Buñuel, L_âge d_or (L_Age d_Or), 1930. FmrCinema
Luis Buñuel, L_âge d_or (L_Age d_Or), 1930. Fphotoplay rr70
Luis Buñuel, L_âge d_or (L_Age d_Or), 1930. sposter rr70
El mundo secreto de Luis Buñuel, de Luis Gasca, Barcelona exhibition, 1997. sp
El mundo secreto de Luis Buñuel, de Luis Gasca, Barcelona exhibition, 1997. sp
Salvador Dali, Shirley Temple, le plus jeune monstre cacre du cinema de son temps, 1939. Fpc
Salvador Dali, Alfred Hitchcock, Spellbound dream sequence, 1945. USstill
Salvador Dali, Magritte, Salvador Dali Fondation Gala, 2003, Paris. Fmagnet
Salvador Dali, Ma Révolution Culturelle, Paris, 1968. Fp
Manuel Cussó-Ferrer, Babaouo, 2000. Based on the Dali novel. Fposter
Salvador Dali, Magritte, Salvador Dali Fondation Gala, 2003, Paris. Fmagnet
Jean Painlevé, Images du Cinema Francais, 1945. Fbook
Designs by Jean Painlevé, Archives Painlevé, Paris, 2009. Fpc
Designs by Jean Painlevé, Archives Painlevé, Paris, 2009. Fpc
Designs by Jean Painlevé, Archives Painlevé, Paris, 2009. Fpc
Jean Painlevé, Archives Painlevé, Paris, 2009. Fpc
Jean Painlevé, Dans Image il y a Magie, Hommage compiled by Brigitte Berg, les Documents Cinematographiques, Archives Painlevé, 1991. Fp
La Revolution Surrealiste, 1929. Fmag
La Revolution Surrealiste, 1929. Fmag
La Revolution Surrealiste, 1929. Fmag
La Revolution Surrealiste, 1929. Fmag
George Hugnet, Le Sphinx du Moulin-vert, 1934. Exhibition catalog, Zabriskie, Paris, 1990. Fcat
Images du Cinema Francais, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. Fbook 1945
Jacques Feyder, L'Atlantide (Missing Husbands), 1921. Fp
La Revolution Surrealiste, 1929. Exhibition Centre Pompidu, Paris, 2002 Fp
Images du Cinema Francais, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. Fbook 1945
Jean Cocteau, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. USstill (2)
Images du Cinema Francais, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. Fbook 1945
Jean Cocteau, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. USstill
Jean Cocteau, Le sang d'un poète (The Blood of a Poet), 1932. USstill (2)

The MBC Interactive Archive Project is made possible through the generous support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge, with additional support from The Coppola Winery and Nespresso.

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