 Elise
Rieuf - Travels around China : 1927 - 1930 |
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The back of a sampan |
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In 1928, life in the international concessions
in Shanghai reminds of a film by Visconti : magnificent receptions,
Russian beauties, sumptuous residences, houseboats on the Yangtze and,
as a background, the rumble of the guns of the revolution.
Chinese baby |
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Chinese man with felt hat |
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Elise Rieuf and Paul Veyseyrre’s marital life is also tumultuous. It will end with a divorce. But the artist will produce in China what many consider be her most beautiful works.
Chinese family |
