Années folles
| Années folles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920–1929 | |||
Josephine Baker, iconic figure of the Années folles. | |||
| Location | France | ||
| Key events | Rise of café society
Emergence of Art Deco The School of Paris art movement | ||
Chronology
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The Années folles (French pronunciation: [ane fɔl], "crazy years" in French) was the decade of the 1920s in France. It was coined to describe the social, artistic, and cultural collaborations of the period. The same period is also referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age in the United States. In Germany, it is sometimes referred to as the Golden Twenties because of the economic boom that followed the hyperinflation in 1923 until the Wall Street crash of 1929.