La Rotonde
Title
La Rotonde
Name
La Rotonde (café)
Address in Paris
Carrefour Vavin, Boulevard du Montparnasse and Boulevard Raspail
Gallery Owner
Victor Libion
Years Open
1911 - present
Gallery Description
“The owner of the establishment had a rare weakness for painters. He let them pay their bills with cubist paintings. He lent them money. He established interminable credit… And it must have been that providence favored him because with such an unhealthy diet…he became rich. When the war ended, he enlarged his establishment. And today he has transformed it into a luxurious café, whose walls boast hundreds of paintings, and on whose second level is a dance floor with a famous jazz band.” Alejo Carpentier, 1928
Latin American Artists Exhibited
1922 (Feb. 1): group exhibition including; Manuel Ortiz de Zarate
Web Site
Image:
André Salmon and Oscar Fabrès. Montparnasse: Bars, Cafés, Dancings. Paris : Bonamor, 1929.
Collection
Citation
“La Rotonde,” Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Interwar Paris, accessed March 19, 2026, https://transatlanticencounters.rrchnm.org/items/show/5221.