Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new exhibition — and a string of multimillion-dollar auction sales.

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new exhibition — and a string of multimillion-dollar auction sales.

Asian painters were ‘othered’ in Paris a century ago. Now, the art world is taking note Courtesy National Gallery Singapore via CNN Newsource A 1930s self-portrait by Georgette Chen By CNN ...

Now, a century later, some of the era’s pioneers — aided by Asian collectors’ growing purchasing power — are belatedly earning the kind of recognition bestowed on their Western contemporaries.

Faced with marginalization and disinterest, Asian artists living in 1920s and 1930s Paris are now the subject of a major new exhibition — and a string of multimillion-dollar auction sales.

Now, a century later, some of the era’s pioneers — aided by Asian collectors’ growing purchasing power — are belatedly earning the kind of recognition bestowed on their Western contemporaries.

Now, a century later, some of the era’s pioneers — aided by Asian collectors’ growing purchasing power — are belatedly earning the kind of recognition bestowed on their Western contemporaries.