10 Facts About Georges Kars

Georges Kars was a Czech painter, part of the School of Paris movement, known for his landscapes and nude paintings.

Georges Kars was born to a German Jewish family in Kralupy.

When he was 18, Kars was sent to study in art in Munich with Heinrich Knirr and Franz von Stuck.

In 1908, Georges Kars arrived in Paris and settled in Montmartre at the time of the Cubist revolution, which had an influence on his work, and he met Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo.

Georges Kars's work was interrupted by the First World War which he spent on the Galician Front and in Russian captivity.

Georges Kars renewed his friendship with Pascin and frequented Chagall, Apollinaire, Max Jacob, the art critic Maurice Raynal and the Greek painter Demetrius Galanis.

Georges Kars spent the summer of 1923 in Segalas, Hautes-Pyrenees region, with Suzanne Valadon's family.

Georges Kars returned to live in Caulaincourt street in Montmartre, Paris, in 1936.

Georges Kars committed suicide in Geneva on 5 February 1945, most likely after receiving news of the deaths of relatives.

Georges Kars is so witty that he could be a cousin of Hoffmann's.