Moïse Kisling
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Moïse Kisling was a Polish-born French painter. Born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary, to Jewish parents, Kisling studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. He left for Paris in 1910 at the age of 19. After moving to Montmartre, Kisling became a member of the Parisian avant-garde known also as the School of Paris, and developed close professional relationships with painters Amedeo Modigliani and Jules Pascin, among others. Kisling gained recognition for portraying the female form and completed numerous nudes and portraits during his career.
Moïse Kisling, c.1916
Moïse Kisling, 1913, Nu sur un divan noir, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm, published in Montjoie, 1914
Moïse Kisling, 1916, La Sieste à Saint-Tropez (Kisling with Renée)
Moïse Kisling, Portrait du peintre (Autoportrait), oil on canvas, 81.3 x 60.3 cm, private collection. Published in Action: Cahiers Individualistes de Philosophie et d'art, July 1920
School of Paris
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The School of Paris refers to the French and émigré artists who worked in Paris in the first half of the 20th century.
André Warnod, Les Berceaux de la jeune peinture (1925). Cover illustration by Amedeo Modigliani
Raoul Dufy, Regatta at Cowes, 1934, Washington D.C. National Gallery of Art
Marc Chagall, The Fiddler, 1912–13
Sonia Delaunay, Rythme, 1938