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From Icon to Brand: Josephine Baker’s Influence in Europe

There was a time in Europe when the name “Josephine Baker” was what we would now call a “brand.” At one point she was the highest paid entertainer in Europe. No less than Ernest Hemingway praised her performances as “the most sensational woman anyone ever saw.” Picasso used her as a subject for many paintings which reflected her beauty and her dancing art.