What could Pablo Picasso, Le Douanier Rousseau and Amedeo Modigliani have in common? Except for their fame and immense talent, not much. However, everyone is betting on modernity at the first light of the 20th century by not sharing a style, nor even a school, but a common history, an ideal, even for some, a destiny in the most beautiful city in the world...

After celebrating the romantic Paris of the 19th century and the prosperous hours of the Belle Époque, the Petit Palais resurrects the excitement of a frenzied era during which the capital saw the birth and then blossoming of the expressionist violence of a Chaïm Soutine or the geometric madness of Robert Delaunay. Between the scandal of the cage aux fauves in 1905 and the triumph of Art Deco twenty years later, this thrilling exhibition thus approaches with originality this fascinating period in the history of art marked by its ruptures, its First World War , its technological advances and its growing place given to women. By mixing the art of fashion with that of cinema, painting and photography, the Petit Palais participates in the rebirth of a bygone era, with an everlasting artistic and cultural influence.