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George Kars

?–1945

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George Kars was a Czech painter active in the School of Paris, specializing in landscapes and figurative work that synthesized Cubist structure with a warm, tactile palette. Working primarily in oil, he developed a distinctive approach to the female form and rural scenery, treating both with equal compositional rigor and intimate attention to light. His work bridges the geometric investigation of early modernism with a persistent humanism rooted in Central European tradition.

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Artworks (17)

My friend Pre and the tiger hunt

1939 · oil paint

Prague

1939 · canvas

The pupil at the easel

1938 · oil paint

Woman with gray shawl

Portrait of the painter Utrillo

1926 · oil paint

Femme a la Cruche-une Orientale

1925 · Oil on canvas

99.1 × 80.1 cm (39 × 31 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sitting nude

1921 · oil paint

Image pending

Pen and black ink and wash on paper · 1919

Seated Model

1919 · Pen and black ink and wash on paper

11 1/16 × 8 5/8 in. (28.1 × 21.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape in Southern France

oil paint

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17 published of 17 catalogued · 16 with image

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Flowers and Monkeys
1945 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Red odalisque
1940 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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My friend Pre and the tiger hunt
1939 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The pupil at the easel
1938 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Woman with gray shawl
1930 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Woman dressing
1929 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Self-portrait
1929 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Woman with parrot
1929 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Portrait of the painter Utrillo
1926 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Sitting nude
1921 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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