Café LA ROTONDE Color lithograph, gouache, paper 29 x 38.5 cm (sheet) Signed in stone p.d.: Kisling Asking price 1000 Estimate 1200 - 1400 Mojżesz KISLING 1891 Kraków - 1953 Sanary-sur-Mer Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under the direction of J. Pankiewicz. Since 1911 in Paris. A leading representative of the Ecole de Paris. Exhibited his works at the Paris Salons: Autumn, Independent, Tuileries. He was friends with Picasso, Soutine, Modigliani. He exhibited in European galleries, including presentations of Polish art in Paris and Brussels. He belonged to the trade union of Polish artists in Paris. From 1941 he stayed in New York - he returned to France after the war. The artist advocated a traditional painting technique. He sought his own forms, portraits referred to the art of the Italian Renaissance, flowers had the styling of Dutch painting, landscapes referred to metaphysical painting. He formed his own style. Painter known and respected around the world.Father of Jan Kisling.