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Jewish artists of L Ecole de Paris offered at Bonhams
Nude by Georges Kars. Estimate: £10,000-15,000. Photo: Bonhams.
LONDON
.- Paris in the first decades of the 20th century was the undisputed international capital of art. Painters and sculptors, pursuing dreams of greatness and eager to experience the zeitgeist, flocked there from all over Europe and America. Among them was Polish-born Moïse Kisling (1891-1953), one of many Jewish émigré artists who made Paris their home at this time. Kislings Nature morte au pichet from 1917 a rare and early Cubist still life by the artist leads L Ecole de Paris 1905-1939: The Jewish Artists sale at Bonhams London on Wednesday 3 March 2021. The work is estimated at £30,000-35,000.