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Moise Kisling Art

French, Polish, 1891-1953

Moïse Kisling was born Mojżesz Kisling in 1891 in Kraków, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Kraków, where his teachers included Jozef Pankiewicz, a fervent admirer of Auguste Renoir and the French Impressionists who encouraged him to travel to Paris, the international centre for artistic creativity in the early 20th century.

In 1910, Kisling moved to Montmartre in Paris, and a few years later to Montparnasse, where he lived for the next 27 years and became part of an émigré community that included the artists Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Jules Pascin, Max Jacob, André Salmon and Chaïm Soutine. Jules Pascin and later Amedeo Modigliani lived in the same building, and Modigliani painted a portrait of him in 1916 (it is held in the collection of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris).

Kisling’s style used in painting landscapes is similar to that of Marc Chagall and, a master at depicting the female body, his surreal nudes and portraits earned him the widest acclaim.

At the outbreak of World War I, Kisling volunteered for service in the French Foreign Legion, and in 1915 he was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Somme, for which he was awarded French citizenship.

Kisling volunteered for army service again in 1940 during World War II, although he was 49. When the French Army was discharged at the time of the surrender to the Germans, Kisling emigrated to the United States, as he rightly feared for his safety as a Jew in occupied France. He exhibited in New York and Washington and then settled in California, where he lived until 1946.

Moïse Kisling returned to France after the war and defeat of Germany and died in 1953 in Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France where a residential street in the town is named after him.

(Biography provided by Stern Pissarro Gallery)

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Artist: Moise Kisling
Le port de Sanary by Moïse Kisling - Port scene painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Le port de Sanary by Moïse Kisling (1891-1953) Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (23 ⁵/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Ki...
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1910s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Canvas, Oil

Kawiarnia la Rotonde - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Kawiarnia la rotonde is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturali...
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1930s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Lithograph

Akt - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Akt is a modern artwork realized by Moïse Kisling. Black and white lithograph. Signed on plate. Polish painter (Krakow 1891 - Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, 1953), naturalized French. Pupil...
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1930s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Akt Podwòjny - Lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
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1930s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Lithograph

Moïse Kisling 1891-1953.
Located in Storrs, CT
Kiki de Montparnasse (Nu Assis). c. 1925. Aquatint printed in colors. Kisling II.36. 25 5/8 x 17 5/8 (sheet 27 3/4 x 19 1/2 (slightly irregular). Edition 100, #46. Housed in a stunning 36 1/2 x 26 1/2-inch champagne gold stepped frame. Kiki de Montparnasse (born October 2, 1901, Cha¢tillon-sur-Seine, France, died March 23, 1953, Paris) French cabaret performer, painter, and artists muse who acquired her nickname for being a fixture in the bohemian circles of the Montparnasse neighbourhood in Paris. She modeled for numerous artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Man Ray, and Alexander Calder as well as Moïse Kisling. Kiki (Alice Prins...
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Early 20th Century Moise Kisling Art

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Aquatint, Color

Table of Summer Fruits - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Moise KISLING Table of Summer Fruits Original Lithograph On Arches vellum 28 x 38 cm (c. 11 x 15 inches) Very good condition
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1950s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Lithograph

Moise Kisling -- NU AU TURBAN, 1952
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Moise Kisling NU AU TURBAN, 1952 Color aquatint Signed low right Numbered 86/100 low left Image size 54 x 39.3 cm Sheet size 75.2 x 55.7 cm It is framed with the aluminium frame, th...
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Beautiful colored flowers oil on canvas painting by Moise Kisling
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Dreaming Nude - Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Moise KISLING Dreaming Nude Lithograph enhanced with watercolor stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) Very good condition
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1950s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Stencil, Lithograph

Landscape - Lithograph by M. Kisling - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Not signed. Includes passepartout (49 x 34 cm).
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1920s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Sailing Boats in French Harbour - Original Lithograph
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Still-life with Cabbage and Garlic - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, FR
Moise KISLING Still-life with Cabbage and Garlic Original Lithograph On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inches) Excellent condition
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"Bouquet of flowers with mimosas", 20th Century Oil on Canvas by Moïse Kisling
Located in Madrid, ES
MOÏSE KISLING French-Polish, 1891 - 1953 BOUQUET OF FLOWERS WITH MIMOSA signed & dedicated "à Edith Mara", Kisling (lower left) oil on canvas 13 X 88-1/2 inches (33 X 22.5 cm.) frame...
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1930s Expressionist Moise Kisling Art

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Belfry - lithograph by Moise Kisling - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Not signed. Very good conditions.
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Moise Kisling - Woman - Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
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1970s Modern Moise Kisling Art

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Located in London, GB
MOISE KISLING 1891-1958 Krakow, Poland 1891- 1953 Sanary, France (Polish/French) Title: Seated Nude / Nu Assis, 1923 Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph i...
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Lithograph

Seated Woman - Drawing by Moise Kisling - 1930/40s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in Pen and China Ink realized in 1940 by Paulette Humbert. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composi...
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Moise KISLING Dark Hair Woman with Tall Eyes Lithograph enhanced with watercolor stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inch) Very good condition
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