Michel Kikoine (1892-1968), Seascape

Michel Kikoine (1892 Krewo - 1968 Paris)
Seaside Landscape / Seaside Landscape
Mixed media on paper (watercolor, gouache, crayon)
Dimensions: w św. p-p: 26 × 34 cm, 45.5 x 53 cm
Signed l.d.: Kikoïne
Work framed in gilt frame, behind glass.

Michel Kikoine (1892-1968) Painter of Belorussian origin, associated with the environment of the Ecole de Paris. He attended the Yakub Kruger private school 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 enjoyed great popularity and recognition in the circles of Parisian marchers; his work was especially appreciated by Leon Zamaron and Eugene Descaves. He exhibited in Parisian 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)