Moïse Kisling

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Moïse Kisling
File:Moïse Kisling.jpg
Moïse Kisling, c.1916
Born Mojżesz Kisling
January 22, 1891
Kraków, Grand Duchy of Cracow, Austria-Hungary
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Bandol, France
Nationality Polish, French
Other names Maurice Kisling, Kiki Kisling
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Renée Kisling
Children 2

Moïse Kisling, born Mojżesz Kisling (January 22, 1891 – April 29, 1953), was a Polish-born French painter.[1][2] He moved to Paris in 1910 at the age of 19, and became a French citizen in 1915, after serving and being wounded with the French Foreign Legion in World War I. He emigrated to the United States in 1940, after the fall of France, and returned there in 1946.

Early life and education

Born in Kraków, Austria-Hungary on January 22, 1891 to Jewish Parents. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow with Jozef Pankiewicz.[3][4] His teachers encouraged the young man to go to Paris, France, considered the international center for artistic creativity in the early 20th century. In 1910, Kisling moved to Montmartre in Paris initially living on Rue des Beaux-Arts,[5] and a few years later to Montparnasse.

At the outbreak of World War I, he volunteered for service in the French Foreign Legion. After being seriously wounded in 1915 in the Battle of the Somme, he was awarded French citizenship.[6]

He married Renée Kisling (née Gros) in 1916, and together they had two sons, Jean (1922) and Guy Kisling (1922).[7][8]

Career

File:Moïse Kisling, 1913, Nu sur un divan noir, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm, published in Montjolie, 1914.jpg
Moïse Kisling, 1913, Nu sur un divan noir, oil on canvas, 97 x 130 cm, published in Montjoie, 1914

Kisling lived and worked in Montparnasse as part of its renowned artistic community, he joined an émigré community made up of artists from eastern Europe as well as Americans and British.[3] Most of the French kept to themselves, although the artistic community was international. In 1911–1912 he spent nearly a year at Céret.[citation needed] And by 1913, he had moved to Bateau-Lavoir in Montmartre, where he lived briefly.[5]

Eventually around 1913, he took a home residence and art studio on 3 Rue Joseph-Bara in Montparnasse, however he spent a lot of his time in Southern France in the 1920s.[5] Kisling maintained the Paris residence and studio on Rue Joseph-Bara through World War II, and upon his return after the war it had been ransacked.[5] The artists Jules Pascin, Léopold Zborowski,[9][10] and later Amedeo Modigliani lived in the same building.

He became close friends with many of his contemporaries, including Amedeo Modigliani, who painted a portrait of him in 1916 (in the collection of the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris). His style in painting landscapes is similar to that of Marc Chagall. A master at depicting the female body, his surreal nudes and portraits earned him the widest acclaim.

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. He rightly feared for his safety as a Jew in occupied France. He exhibited in New York City and Washington. He settled in Southern California, and had his first art exhibition there in 1942.[11] The Kinsling family lived next door to Aldous Huxley and his family in Southern California,[7] where they stayed there until 1946.

Under the Vichy government, certain critics suggested too many foreigners, especially Jews, were diminishing French traditions.[12] Their comments were part of a rise in anti-Semitism during the German occupation, resulting in French cooperation in the deportation and deaths of tens of thousands of foreign and French Jews in concentration camps. Kisling returned to France after the war and defeat of Germany.[citation needed]

Death and legacy

Moïse Kisling died at his house in Bandol, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on April 29, 1953.[3][13][14] He had been ill with stomach issues for ten days, prior to his death.[13][14]

A residential street in the town of Sanary-sur-Mer is named after him.[citation needed]

His work is in various public museum collections, including at the Harvard Art Museums,[15] British Museum,[16] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[17] Tokyo Fuji Art Museum,[18] the Israel Museum,[19] Ikeda 20 Seiki Museum,[20] amongst others. A large collection of Kisling's works is held by the Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva, Switzerland.[21]

Gallery

  • Works
  • Moise Kisling, 1916, La Sieste à Saint-Tropez, Kisling avec Renée.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, 1916, La Sieste à Saint-Tropez (Kisling with Renée)

  • Kisling, Saint Tropez, 1917.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, 1917, Bateaux à voile, Saint Tropez

  • Moïse Kisling, Portrait du peintre (Autoportrait), oil on canvas, 81.3 x 60.3 cm, private collection.jpg

    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

  • Moïse Kisling, c.1920, Le pêcheur (The Fisherman), oil on canvas, 82 x 61.7 cm, private collection.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, c.1920, Le pêcheur (The Fisherman), oil on canvas, 82 x 61.7 cm, private collection

  • Moise Kisling, Nature morte. Reproduced in André Salmon, L'Art Vivant, Artistes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, 1920.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, Nature morte, before 1920. Reproduced in André Salmon, L'Art Vivant, Artistes d'hier et d'aujourd'hui, 1920 (black and white photograph)

  • Moïse Kisling, 1921, Nu assis, oil on canvas, private collection.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, 1921, Nu assis, oil on canvas, private collection

  • Moïse Kisling, Nature morte (Still Life), Action, Cahiers Individualistes De Philosophie Et D’art, August 1921.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, Nature morte (Still Life), published in Action, Cahiers Individualistes De Philosophie Et D’art, August 1921

  • Portrait of Rénée Kisling.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, Portrait of Rénée Kisling

  • Moïse Kisling, c.1919, Paysage de Provence, oil on canvas

  • Depictions of the artist

  • Portrait of Kisling by Amedeo Modigliani

  • Amedeo Modigliani, Portrait of Moïse Kisling, 1918. Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

  • Roman Kramsztyk Portrait Moise Kisling 1913.jpg

    Portrait of Moïse Kisling by Roman Kramsztyk, 1913

  • Pablo-Picasso-Moise-Kisling-Paquerette-Cafe-la-Rotonde-paris-1916.jpg

    Pablo Picasso, Moïse Kisling and fashion model Paquerette enjoying themselves at café La Rotonde, 105 Boulevard du Montparnasse, August 1916

  • Pablo-Picasso-Moise-Kisling-photo-by-jean-cocteau-Montparnasse-paris-1916.jpg

    Pablo Picasso and Moïse Kisling in Paris, photographed by Jean Cocteau, August 12, 1916

  • Moïse Kisling, photograph.jpg

    Moïse Kisling, 1941

  • Plaque Hôtel Istria, 29 rue Campagne-Première, Paris 14.jpg

    Commemorative plaque, 29 rue Campagne-Première, Paris, 75014

References

  1. ↑ Pologne Michelin, - 2009 "Kisling de Montparnasse - Né dans une famille juive à Cracovie, Moïse Kisling (1891-1953) fut l'élève de "
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  12. ↑ Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt, Defending National Treasures: French Art and Heritage Under Vichy, p. 44 (2011) Quote: "..the prominence of foreign Jewish artists such as Chaim Soutine, Michel Kikoine, and Moïse Kisling. As a result, certain art critics such as Camille Mauclair claimed that foreign artists were contaminating the French artistic tradition."
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