Alice Prin

Alice Ernestine Prin (2 October 1901 – 29 April 1953), nicknamed the Queen of Montparnasse and often known as Kiki de Montparnasse, was a French model, chanteuse, memoirist and painter during the Jazz Age. She flourished in, and helped define, the liberated culture of Paris in the so-called Années folles ("crazy years" in French). She became one of the most famous models of the 20th century and in the history of avant-garde art.

Alice Prin
"Kiki" and Tsuguharu Foujita, Paris, 1926, by Iwata Nakayama
Born(1901-10-02)2 October 1901
Died29 April 1952(1952-04-29) (aged 50)
Montparnasse
Occupation(s)Model, painter
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