Michel Kikoine (1892-1968), Pont des Arts

Title: Pont des Arts
Author: Michel Kikoine
Artist from the circle of Ecole de Paris
Technique: Watercolor, gouache, black crayon on paper
Work framed in a beautiful frame
Dimensions: 43 x 30 cm, 66 x 49.5 cm (with frame)
Signature: handwritten, in pencil, l.d.: Kikoine
Condition: very good
Provenance: Private collection France

Michel Kikoine ( 1892-1968) Painter of Belarusian origin, associated with the Ecole de Paris community. He attended the private school of Jakub Kruger in Minsk, where he became friends with Chaim Soutin. The two painters studied together at the Vilna Drawing School in 1908-11. In 1913 he went to Paris, where he continued his painting studies with Ferdinand Cormon at the Ecole des Beaux - Arts. Kikonine's works were very popular and respected in the circles of Parisian marchers; his work was especially appreciated by Leon Zamaron and Eugene Descaves. He exhibited at Paris salons from 1912, and participated in group exhibitions in Geneva, New York, Chicago, and also presented his paintings in Warsaw. He painted landscapes, initially in bright colors, later expressive portraits, still lifes and genre scenes. (Source: Desa Unicum)