Travels around China : 1927 - 1930
n 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.
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.
