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Georges Kars (Jiří Karpeles, Jiří, Georg Kars) was a Czech painter and draftsman (especially landscape and nude painting). Kars was born in Prague to a Jewish family of mill owners originating from Germany. As a student, he took painting lessons in Prague. From 1899 to 1905, he was a student of Franz von Stuck at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and at Heinrich Knirr's private school. During this time, he became friends with Jules Pascin and Paul Klee. From 1906 to 1907, he travelled to Portugal and Spain, where he met Juan Gris. Kars dealt intensively with Velazquez and Goya. From 1908 until the First World War he mostly lived in Paris. Here he came into contact with fellow artists Jules Pascin, Pablo Picasso, Guillaume Apollinaire (Wilhelm Albert Włodzimierz Apolinary de Wąż-Kostrowicki) and Max Jacob. During the war, Kars stayed in Belgium. In 1937, as part of the "Entartete Kunst" (Degenerate Art) campaign, six of his works were confiscated from German public collections. In 1939 Kars returned to Paris. He fled to Lyon and in 1942 moved to his sister in Switzerland, which was safe for him as a Jew. In despair over the persecution of the Jews, he committed suicide in 1945. Kars was a member of the Salon d'automne, the Salon des indepéndents, the Salon des Tuileries and the Prague Secession. He had exhibitions with Hans Goltz in Munich, Arnot, Paris, in the Salon d'automne, with B. Weil and Bernier, Paris, and others. His works can be found in various museums in Europe. In 1965 a smaller exhibition of his works was held in the Vincenc Kramář Gallery in Prague.
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