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"Les Six" is a name given to a group of six composers, five of them French and one Swiss, who lived and worked in Montparnasse. The name has its origins in two 1920 articles by critic Henri Collet in
Le Groupe des six, 1922, painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche. In this painting of eight people, only five of Les Six are represented; Louis Durey was not present. In the center: pianist Marcelle Meyer. On the left, from bottom to top: Germaine Tailleferre, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Jean Wiener. On the right, standing Francis Poulenc, Jean Cocteau; and seated Georges Auric.
Le Bœuf sur le toit 'The Ox on the Roof' is a celebrated cabaret-bar in Paris, founded in 1921 by Louis Moysés. It was originally located at 28, rue Boissy d'Anglas in the city’s 8th arrondissement. I
Le Bœuf sur le Toit today at 34 Rue du Colisée
Louis Moysés by Suzanne Valadon
For many years Francis Picabia's painting L'Oeil Cacodylate hung over the bar in Le Bœuf
Interior of Le Bœuf sur le toit in 2007