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Moïse Kisling

1891 - 1953

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Moïse Kisling (born Mojżesz Kisling; 22 January 1891 – 29 April 1953) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Moïse Kisling is the 596th most popular painter (down from 491st in 2019), the 347th most popular biography from Poland (down from 285th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Polish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Moïse Kisling ranks 596 out of 2,023. Before him are Barthélemy d'Eyck, Pierre Alechinsky, Nicolaes Maes, Nikolaos Gyzis, Constant Troyon, and Agostino Tassi. After him are Giuseppe Cesari, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Pierre Auguste Cot, Roelant Savery, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Eugène Carrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Moïse Kisling ranks 58. Before him are Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Jacques Lipchitz, John Heartfield, Takijirō Ōnishi, and Olga Khokhlova. After him are Otto Rasch, Arnold Jackson, Elvira de Hidalgo, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, and John Langenus. Among people deceased in 1953, Moïse Kisling ranks 48. Before him are Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, Bill Tilden, Jean Epstein, Hugo Schmeisser, John Christie, and Noe Zhordania. After him are Mary Anderson, Nobutake Kondō, Hank Williams, Sergei Winogradsky, Stanisław Wojciechowski, and Jacques Thibaud.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Moïse Kisling ranks 347 out of 1,694. Before him are Walther Nehring (1892), Lestek (870), Kurt Schumacher (1895), Hans Jeschonnek (1899), Alfred Flatow (1869), and Wojciech Szczęsny (1990). After him are Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg (1797), Martin Opitz (1597), Hugo Steinhaus (1887), Chaïm Perelman (1912), Lukas Podolski (1985), and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699).

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Among PAINTERS In Poland

Among painters born in Poland, Moïse Kisling ranks 6. Before him are Jan Matejko (1838), Tamara de Lempicka (1898), Zdzisław Beksiński (1929), Aleksandra Ekster (1882), and Otto Mueller (1874). After him are Tadeusz Kantor (1915), Jacek Malczewski (1854), Daniel Chodowiecki (1726), Hans Bellmer (1902), Olga Boznańska (1865), and Aleksander Orłowski (1777).

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