Michel Kikoine

Painter

Birthday May 31, 1892

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Belarus

DEATH DATE Nov 4, 1968 (76)

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About

Belarusian-born French artist who was best known for "Paysage Cezannien" and other landscape paintings.

Before Fame

He began studying at the Vilnius Academy of Art at age sixteen. He and Chaim Soutine were lifelong friends.

Trivia

He was honored posthumously when a wing of Tel Aviv's Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery was dedicated to his memory.

Family Life

His father was a Jewish banker.

Associated With

His best known painting "Paysage Cezannien" was inspired by the work of the renowned French painter Paul Cezanne.