Michel Kikoine
Michel Kikoine · Arts & Literature
Lithuanian-born French Expressionist painter of the École de Paris
1892, Rechytsa, Belarus (Russian Empire) — 1968, Cannes, France
Belarus · France
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Michel Kikoïne was born to a Jewish family in Rechytsa (near Gomel) and trained in Vilnius, where he befriended Chaïm Soutine. Settling in the Montparnasse artists' quarter of Paris around 1911, he became part of the École de Paris, painting expressive landscapes, portraits and still lifes. He and his family, being Jewish, went into hiding near Toulouse during the German occupation of France.
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Lithuanian-born French Expressionist painter of the École de Paris
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