Manuel Rendón in His Studio on the Rue Notre-Dame des Champs in Paris

Writing in 1928, Cuban journalist, art critic, and writer Alejo Carpentier recognized the global character and irresistible draw for artists and intellectuals of Montparnasse, the historic French neighborhood on the Left Bank of the Seine. By the 1920s Montparnasse had replaced Montmartre, where artists such as Picasso...