GERMAINE EVERLING

Germaine Everling, born on February 17, 1886 in Paris, and died in 1976 in the same city, was a French journalist and art collector. From the late 1910s to the late 1920s, Germaine Everling was at the center of the Parisian Dada movement. Through her friend the Mexican painter Georges de Zahias, she met Francis Picabia in 1917, and formed an adulterous relationship with him, although they were both married. From 1919, her apartment on rue Augier became a frequent meeting place for the artistic avant-garde. She hosted discussion sessions there on Sundays. These, according to Pierre de Massot, became "the new Tuesdays at Mallarmé's", in reference to the symbolist poet's literary salon. It was at her home that Picabia and Breton met in January 1920 and it was also she who welcomed Tristan Tzara to her home, when he unexpectedly arrived in Paris a few days later. Committed to the Dada cause, she participated in the movement in the early 1920s, writing catalog prefaces, and granting press interviews about the artistic movement. Her memoirs The Ring of Saturn , published in 1970, recount her close relationships with the Dadaists. She also exposes her view on the artistic and poetic developments that followed Dada.

Voir :

• Portrait dada de Germaine Everling, attribué à Francis Picabia
• Dîner Dada
• Artistes Dadas et personnalités liées au mouvement

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• L'anneau de Saturne