Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939

EXHIBITION

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Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939

EXHIBITION

April 11 - July 27, 2025

Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939

EXHIBITION

On Sale Soon

Date
April 11 - July 27, 2025
Venue
Saint Louis Art Museum
On Sale
February 11 at 10:00 AM
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Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939

EXHIBITION

Entrance in Taylor Hall, East Building

Interwar France was a period of exceptional creativity, innovation, and turbulence. Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939 explores the role of the automobile as both subject and object from 1918–1939, untangling the impact of fashion, interiors, architecture, aviation, and the avant-garde on French automobile design and production.

Roaring brings together more than 100 works of art and design, including paintings, photographs, prints, posters, furniture, lighting, architectural plans, fashion, textiles, and automobiles. Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the rich, creative ecosystems that nourished this golden age of French automotive design and influenced modern concepts of mobility. The exhibition highlights the bold, untethered visions of figures like Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Le Corbusier, André  Citroën, and Josephine Baker, who embraced the automobile as a provocative expression of the modern age.

Roaring is curated by Genevieve Cortinovis, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Associate Curator of Decorative Arts and Design.

Funding for this exhibition is provided by the Enterprise Mobility Foundation, Barbara and Andy Taylor, the Betsy & Thomas Patterson Foundation, the Edward L. Bakewell Jr. Endowment for Special Exhibitions, and the E. Desmond Lee Family Endowment for Exhibitions.

Image Caption: designed by Giuseppe Figoni, French (born Italy), 1894–1978; made by Delahaye, Paris, active 1894–1954; leather interior by Hermès, French, founded 1837; Type 135MS Special Roadster, 1937; engine: six-cylinder in-line pushrod engine, two valves per cylinder, 3557 cc, 160 hp at 4200 rpm; wheelbase: 116 inches; Revs Institute, Inc., Naples, Florida; © 2024 Revs Institute, Photo: Peter Harholdt

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