Auction 80 - Part I - Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Michel Kikoine (1892-1968) – A Jewish Man in the Synagogue – Mixed Media on Paper
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Michel Kikoine (1892-1968), A Jewish Man in the Synagogue.
Mixed media on paper. Signed.
Approx. 54X23 cm. Matted and framed. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Minor browning to paper.
Michel Kikoine (1892-1968) was one of the most prominent artists of the Paris School (École de Paris). He was born in Belarus to a Jewish family and studied art in Minsk and later at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris, living for a while in the La Ruche artists' residence in Montparnasse, where Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, who was Kikoine's close friend, also lived. In 1919, he held his first solo exhibition in Paris and later held exhibitions at the Autumn Salon. Early in his career he was inspired by Cézanne and Pizarro and usually painted en plein air. Alongside his landscape paintings he also painted portraits and still life. During World War II, he found refuge in the area of Toulouse and later returned to Paris. In ca. 1950s he visited Israel several times, exhibiting his works. In 2004, his daughter, Claire Maratier-Kikoïne, founded the Michel Kikoïne Foundation at the Tel-Aviv university gallery, in his memory.
Mixed media on paper. Signed.
Approx. 54X23 cm. Matted and framed. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Minor browning to paper.
Michel Kikoine (1892-1968) was one of the most prominent artists of the Paris School (École de Paris). He was born in Belarus to a Jewish family and studied art in Minsk and later at the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. In the early 1920s he moved to Paris, living for a while in the La Ruche artists' residence in Montparnasse, where Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, who was Kikoine's close friend, also lived. In 1919, he held his first solo exhibition in Paris and later held exhibitions at the Autumn Salon. Early in his career he was inspired by Cézanne and Pizarro and usually painted en plein air. Alongside his landscape paintings he also painted portraits and still life. During World War II, he found refuge in the area of Toulouse and later returned to Paris. In ca. 1950s he visited Israel several times, exhibiting his works. In 2004, his daughter, Claire Maratier-Kikoïne, founded the Michel Kikoïne Foundation at the Tel-Aviv university gallery, in his memory.
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