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- Wall Street Journal
‘Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939' Review: An Exhibition in Forward Motion
St. Louis
During World War I, a horror that mired men in trenches, the only things that zipped were biplanes and the new tanks. The American George S. Patton was a tank commander in that war and learned its lessons. In 1944, by then a lieutenant general, he addressed the men of the Third Army before D-Day: 'I don't want any messages saying 'I'm holding my position.' We're not holding a goddamned thing. We're advancing constantly.' The advance guard! The avant-garde! The lean and free-wheeling approach to life and art that marked the interwar years—that's the subject of a spectacular exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum, 'Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918-1939,' which features 12 exceptional historic cars among more than 160 period objects.
