Georg Kars Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Georg Kars Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 19, 2026
Georges Kars (Czech, 1880-1945), Seated nude study
Est: £400 - £600
Georges Kars (Czech, 1880-1945) Seated nude study 1922 Charcoal on paper Dated lower right With labels verso Provenance: Probably Col. L Lachenal, Paris Dimensions: (Paper) 23.5 in. (H) x 17.25 in. (W) (Frame) 31.5 in. (H) x 25.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
May. 28, 2026
Georges Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Nude
Est: £300 - £500
Georges Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Nude signed 'Kars' (lower right) pencil and ink wash Executed circa 1920 Unframed: 28 x 22 cm. (11 x 8 5/8 in.) Framed: 44.5 x 39.5 cm. (17 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 28, 2025
George Kars 1882 - 1945
Est: $500 - $888
Girl, 1930, Gouache on paper, 21x16 cm. Signed and dated.
Tiroche Auction House
Dec. 21, 2025
George Kars 1882 – 1945
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
A sitting woman, Oil On wood, 45x43 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Dec. 12, 2025
Georges KARS (1880/82-1945) Czech - French - Swiss
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Georges Karpeles - Georg Karpeles - Jiří Karpeles (1880/82-1945) ; Industrial landscape ; 1908 ; oil on canvas / framed ; dimensions 33 x 46 cm (13 x 18 in.) ; frame size 39 x 52 cm (15 1/3 x 20 1/2 in.) ; signed and dated lower right corner and on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL €340 , National post with tracking service €235 / Shipping to EU, Middle Assia - DHL €270 , National post with tracking service €195
Art-Torg
Nov. 19, 2025
**George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Young woman in an armchair charcoal drawing enhanced with red chalk
Est: $900 - $1,200
George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Young woman in an armchair charcoal drawing enhanced with red chalk h:57.50 w: 42.50 cm. stamp of the signature lower right Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 19, 2025
**George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of animated countryside, circa 1937 charcoal on paper
Est: $450 - $550
George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of animated countryside, circa 1937 charcoal on paper h:20.50 w: 28.50 cm. stamp of the signature lower right Provenance: label with a dedication from Nora Kars dated August 15, 1958. Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Nov. 12, 2025
Georges Kars, Czech 1880/82-1945- Three figures, standing full-length, wearing hea
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Georges Kars, Czech 1880/82-1945- Three figures, standing full-length, wearing head coverings; oil on board, signed 'Kars' (lower left), 39 x 26.5 cm. Provenance: Anon. sale, Pillon, Calais, 29 September 2002, lot 238. Private Collection, France. with Leighton Fine Art, London; where purchased by the present owner. Note: Kars was an international artist, who studied in Munich under Franz von Stuck (1863-1928), one of the founders of the Munich Secession, before travelling to Spain, where he met Juan Gris (1887-1927), and finally settling in Paris, where he became part of a group of artists now known as the 'School of Paris'. His widely varying oeuvre was undoubtedly influenced by the diversity of these influences, with elements of Cubism and Fauvism often evident in his works, including in the present painting.
Roseberys
Jun. 27, 2025
Georges KARS (Kralupy 1880 - Genève 1945) Etude pour le tableau Moïse sauvé des eaux
Est: €400 - €600
Georges KARS (Kralupy 1880 - Genève 1945) Etude pour le tableau Moïse sauvé des eaux Réalisé en 1922 Sanguine sur papier À vue, 54 x 40,5 cm Tampon et cachet de l'atelier de la vente Kars, et daté en bas à droite "1922" Au dos de la feuille, inscription manuscrite de la main de l’artiste « Moïse sauvé des eaux » Il s'agit ici d'une œuvre préparatoire pour l'une des baigneuses figurant dans le tableau monumental de "Moïse sauvé des eaux" réalisé en 1922.
Millon & Associes
Jun. 27, 2025
Georges KARS (Kralupy 1880 - Genève 1945) La maison du vigneron à Anse
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Georges KARS (Kralupy 1880 - Genève 1945) La maison du vigneron à Anse Réalisé en 1939 Huile sur toile 60 x 72,5 cm Signé et daté en bas à gauche "Kars 1939" Au dos de la toile, titré et daté "La maison du vigneron Anse (Rhône) 1939" Provenance: Collection particulière, France
Millon & Associes
May. 27, 2025
**Patrick Hughes b.1939 (British) Turner, 2010 hand painted multiple
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Patrick Hughes b.1939 (British) Turner, 2010 hand painted multiple h:42.50 w: 88 cm. signed lower right, numbered '30/50' lower left Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% alue-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: USA. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 27, 2025
**George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of Beaujolais, 1940 charcoal on paper
Est: $500 - $700
George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of Beaujolais, 1940 charcoal on paper h:43.50 w: 66.50 cm. signed, dated '12.11.40' and dedicated "aux amis Salendre" upper right Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Europe. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 27, 2025
**George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of animated countryside, circa 1937 charcoal on paper
Est: $450 - $550
George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Landscape of animated countryside, circa 1937 charcoal on paper h:20.50 w: 28.50 cm. signed lower right Provenance: label with a dedication from Nora Kars dated August 15, 1958. Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Europe. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 16, 2025
Kars, Georges. Les Huzules Intimes. 3 signierte farbige Original-Zeichnungen aus der Folge
Est: €300 - €450
Kars, Georges. Les Huzules Intimes. 3 signierte farbige Original-Zeichnungen aus der Folge. Um 1917. Blattmaße: ca. 17,5 x 14 cm bis ca. 20,5 x 17 cm. Alle unter große Passepartouts montiert (65 x 50 cm). Georges Kars (Jiri Karpeles; 1880 Kralupy - 1945 Genf) kam wohl während seiner Stationierung an der Ostfront 1916-17 mit dem Bergvolk der Huzulen in den Karpaten in Berührung. - Blätter leicht gebräunt, Passepartouts leicht fleckig.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
Apr. 01, 2025
GEORGES KARS (1882-1945), RECLINING NUDE
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Pencil and pastel on paper 1900 Signed, dated, and bearing the estate stamp (right side) Dimensions: 34 × 48 cm Provenance: Collection of Prof. Treister, Israel Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com
Hammersite
Mar. 31, 2025
**George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Couple seated, 1944 pencil on paper
Est: $800 - $1,200
George Kars 1882-1945 (Czech) Couple seated, 1944 pencil on paper h:30 w: 21.50 cm. signed and dated lower right Other Notes: Items marked **with a lot number indicate they have been imported into Israel. These items are subject to Israeli tax laws, including a 18% value-added tax (VAT) on the purchase price and the buyer's commission ONLY WHEN RELEASED IN ISRAEL. Location: Europe. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 27, 2025
Georges KARS (1880/82-1945), Skizze 'Frau mit Kopftuch' / A sketch 'Woman with headscarf'
Est: €300 - €600
Technik: Graphit und Rötel auf braunem Papier, Signatur: unten rechts unleserlich signiert, darunter Atelierstempel, verso mit Kopfskizze, Maße: 27,5 x 11,2 cm, Provenienz: israelische Privatsammlung, Zustand: lichtrandig, unsaubere Blattkanten
Auktionshaus Schwab
Dec. 29, 2024
George Kars
Est: $400 - $600
Figure on a Footpath, Charcoal on paper, 21x35 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Dec. 22, 2024
George Kars
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Figure, Oil on cardboard, 40x35 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Sep. 29, 2024
GEORGES KARS (1882-1945), SEATED WOMAN
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Sanguine on paper 1927 Signed (right side). 55 x 35 cm Provenance: The collection of Prof. Treister, Israel.
Hammersite
Sep. 07, 2024
Kars, Georges (eigentlich Jiří Kars / 1882 Kralupy…
Est: €200 - €600
Kars, Georges (eigentlich Jiří Kars / 1882 Kralupy bei Prag - 1945 Genf) -Figurenstudien (Kinder), Kohle-/Bleistift auf chamoisfarbenem Velin, oben links in Blei signiert, Maße: 10,4 x 14,5 cm, gedunkelt, partiell etwas fleckig, unter Glas gerahmt
Auktionshaus Blank
Jul. 22, 2024
Georges Kars (Czech, 1880-1945) - Female Nude, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper.
Est: $400 - $800
Georges Kars (Czech, 1880-1945) - Female Nude, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper. Stamped signature. 36x52cm. Georges Kars (b.1880 in Kralupy – d.1945 in Geneva) was a Czech painter known for his landscapes and nude paintings. Georges Kars was born to a German Jewish family. His father was a miller. When he was 18, Kars was sent to study in art in Munich with Heinrich Knirr and Franz von Stuck. From 1905 he traveled to Madrid where he met Juan Gris and immersed himself in the painting styles of Velasquez and Goya. In 1908, Kars arrived in Paris and settled in Montmartre at the time of the Cubist revolution, which also had an influence on his work, he met Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo well connected to the artist community. His work was interrupted by the First World War which he spent on the Galician Front and in Russian captivity. He renewed his friendship with Pascin and frequented Chagall, Apollinaire, Max Jacob, the art critic Maurice Raynal and the Greek painter Demetrius Galanis. He spent the summer of 1923 in Segalas, Hautes-Pyrenees region, with Suzanne Valadon’s family. An exhibition of his work took place at the Berthe Weill gallery in 1928. In 1933, he bought a house in Tossa de Mar near Barcelona. Along with a group of artists (Rafael Benet, Enric Casanovas and Alberto del Castillo) he inaugurated the Museu Municipal De Tossa Del Mar on 1 September 1935 as a modern art museum. He returned to live in Caulaincourt street in Montmartre, Paris, in 1936. When World War II started and German occupied Paris, he took refuge in Lyon where he started to draw children with a sad expression. In December 1942 he moved to the safety of his sister's home in Switzerland. Away from France, he started to make a large number of drawings and paintings depicting refugees seeking shelter. He committed suicide on 5 February 1945, most likely after receiving news of the deaths of relatives. Florent Fels, who met Georges Kars before 1930, writes: Although I lived in the strangest environment of Montmartre, next to artists with the most twisted mind, Kars stands there, singularly well balanced. He is so witty that he could be a cousin of Hoffmann's. We always expect him, just like the magician from Konigsberg to create a burlesque miracle like turning the Sacre-Coeur church into an illuminated pool for the One Thousand and One Nights or to create some tales worthy of The Serapion Brethren. When his wife Nora died in 1966, the contents of his atelier were auctioned at the Palais Galliera in Paris. Pierre Levy, a French industrialist and art collector, and Oscar Ghez acquired an important part of the artworks. In 1983 the Modern Art Museum of Troyes staged the first Kars retrospective. Source: Wikipedia.
Pasarel
May. 10, 2024
Kars, Georges. Les Huzules Intimes.
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
Kars, Georges. Les Huzules Intimes. Handschriftlicher Titel und 13 signierte farbige Original-Zeichnungen, jeweils auf Kartonblättern montiert. Um 1917. Blattmaße: ca. 13,5 x 12 cm bis ca. 21 x 17 cm. Georges Kars (Jiri Karpeles; 1880 Kralupy - 1945 Genf) kam wohl während seiner Stationierung an der Ostfront 1916-17 mit dem Bergvolk der Huzulen in den Karpaten in Berührung. - Titel mit kleinem Sammlerstempel, Zeichnungen verso. - In gutem Zustand. - Provenienz: Aus der Sammlung von Hans-Jürgen Döpp, Frankfurt.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
May. 04, 2024
KARS, GEORGE (EIGTL. KARPELES, JIRI): Sitzender weiblicher Akt.
Est: CHF200 - CHF400
KARS, GEORGE (EIGTL. KARPELES, JIRI) (Kraluppy 1882 - 1945 Genève) : Sitzender weiblicher Akt; Farbkreide und Kohle auf Papier, auf Lwd.; 55x33 cm; sig. M.r.
Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
Apr. 14, 2024
George Kars
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Reading Girl, Oil on canvas, 46x38 cm. Signed.
Tiroche Auction House
Sep. 20, 2023
George Kars
Est: $600 - $900
Nude, Watercolor and marker on paper, 26X21 cm. Signed. Provenance: The Art Collection of the Poet Nathan Zach.
Tiroche Auction House
Sep. 14, 2023
Attributed to Georges Kars Pastel on Paper
Est: $500 - $700
Attributed to Georges Kars (Jiri Karpeles) (Czech, 1880-1945). Pastel on paper, landscape. Unsigned. 14 3/4" x 19" (with frame 22 1/2" x 27").
Willow Auction House
Sep. 10, 2023
George Kars
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Flowers, 1926, Oil on canvas, 93x65 cm. Signed and dated. Category: E’cole de Paris
Tiroche Auction House
Jul. 27, 2023
Attributed to Georges Kars Pastel on Paper
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Attributed to Georges Kars (Jiri Karpeles) (Czech, 1880-1945). Pastel on paper, landscape. Unsigned. 14 3/4" x 19" (with frame 22 1/2" x 27").
Willow Auction House
Jul. 13, 2023
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Est: $360 - $500
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Leonard Joel
Jul. 06, 2023
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Est: $500 - $700
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Leonard Joel
Jun. 15, 2023
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Est: $700 - $900
GEORGE KARS, (NUDE STUDY), PASTEL ON PAPER, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, 53.5 X 27CM, FRAME SIZE: 66.5 X 40CM
Leonard Joel
May. 22, 2023
GEORGES KARS (Kralupy 1880 - 1945 Genf)
Est: €100 - €200
GEORGES KARS (Kralupy 1880 - 1945 Genf) Country house charcoal and pastel/paper, 27,9 x 36,4 cm signed Kars, dated 23, inscribed Segalas, Basses-Pyrénées ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Georges Kars (Jiří Karpeles, Jiří, Georg Kars) was a Czech painter and draftsman (especially landscape and nude painting). 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. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
Widder Auctions
Mar. 29, 2023
Georges Kars (1880-1945) - Female nude, drawing, signed lower right, 29 x 3
Est: £200 - £300
Georges Kars (1880-1945) - Female nude, drawing, signed lower right, 29 x 37 cm
Andrew Smith & Son
Jan. 28, 2023
George Kars
Est: $400 - $600
Girl, 1933, Charcoal on paper, 62X47 cm. Signed and dated. Provenance: The art collection of the poet Nathan Zach.
Tiroche Auction House
Dec. 14, 2022
Georges Kars (1880-1945) - Female nude, drawing, signed lower right, 29 x 3
Est: £300 - £400
Georges Kars (1880-1945) - Female nude, drawing, signed lower right, 29 x 37 cm
Andrew Smith & Son
Dec. 08, 2022
Kars (d.i. Jiří Karpeles), Georges (Kralupy b. Prag, Genf 1880/82-1945)
Est: €10,000 - €12,000
Nue - Akt mit roten Pantoffeln Sign. Öl auf Lwd. 61×39 cm. Rücks. sign., auf Rahmen Etikett der Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris. Erworben 1983 bei Asta von Bethmann-Hollweg Antiquitäten, Berlin. Provenienz: Bernheim Jeune, Paris. R. (60006)
Leo Spik
Nov. 16, 2022
GEORGES KARS (1882-1945) Das Gespräch (In der Loge) (Painted in 1913)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
GEORGES KARS (1882-1945) Das Gespräch (In der Loge) signed and dated 'Kars 13' (upper left) oil on canvas 40.8 x 33.6cm (16 1/16 x 13 1/4in). Painted in 1913
Bonhams
Jun. 20, 2022
George Kars
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
A Girl Near a House, 1926, Oil on canvas, 80X64 cm. Signed and dated. Signed on the reverse.
Tiroche Auction House
Jun. 09, 2022
GEORGES KARS (1882-1945)
Est: €200 - €300
Seated nude. Study in red chalk. Signed 'Kars'. On the reverse: study for reclining nude, dated 1926. Ink. Stamp 'Vente Kars'. Passe-partout. Description FR Nu sur une chaise. Sanguine. Signé 'Kars'. Au verso: étude d'un nu couché. Encre de Chine. Avec cachet 'Vente Kars'. Passe-partout. Beschrijving NL Naakt in stoel. Studie in rood krijt. Getekend 'Kars'. Verso: studie voor liggend naakt, gedateerd 1926. Inkt. Met stempel 'Vente Kars'. Passe-partout.
Bernaerts Auctioneers
May. 18, 2022
George Kars, sanguine sketch on paper, 1926
Est: $400 - $600
George Kars (Czechoslovakian, 1882-1945), Seated Female Nude, red, yellow and white crayon on paper, stamped "Vente Kars" and dated lower right, matted and framed under glass, 24"h x 18"w (sight), 33"h x 27"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Dec. 21, 2021
Georges (Jiří) Kars (1880-1945) – A Steet in Saint-Tropez, France, 1928 – Charcoal on Paper
Est: -
Georges (Jiří) Kars (1880-1945), A Steet in Saint-Tropez, France, 1928. Charcoal on Paper. Signed and dated. 20X27 cm. Good condition. Stains. Matted. Georges Kars (Jiří Karpeles; 1880-1945), was born in Kralupy, Bohemia, the Austrian Empire. He started his studies in Prague, then in Munich under the painter Franz von Stuck and others. In 1908, after short periods in Prague and Madrid, he settled in Montmartre, Paris, where he belonged to the circle of Montmartre artists and the Paris School of Art. Later, he lived and worked intermittently in Spain and France. In 1942, escaping the Nazis, he fled to Switzerland. Upon hearing the news about his family's murder, he committed suicide. Provenance: The Uzi Agassi Collection.
Kedem Public Auction House Ltd
Nov. 27, 2021
Georges Kars, (1882 – 1945), Jardin du Palais Saint-Pierre, Lyon, 1940
Est: -
charcoal on paper cut out passe-partout: 44 x 59,5 cm signed and dated lower left: "Kars 40" verso old labels Consulted with Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes. Confirmation of authenticity attached.
Adolf Loos Apartment and Gallery
Nov. 11, 2021
George Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Madchen mit Hut (Young girl with hat), 1930 Water
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Madchen mit Hut (Young girl with hat), 1930 Watercolor on laid paper 24 x 18-1/2 inches (61.0 x 47.0 cm); sight Signed and dated lower right: Kars / 1930 PROVENANCE: American Masters Gallery, Los Angeles, California (stock no. 468); David Barnett Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (stock no. 5452r). HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 04, 2021
KARS, GEORGE (KARPELES, JIRI): Paysage.
Est: CHF100 - CHF200
KARS, GEORGE (KARPELES, JIRI) (Kraluppy 1882 - 1945 Genève) : Paysage; Tusche; 30,5x55 cm (LM), gerahmt; sig. M.r.
Dobiaschofsky Auktionen AG
Sep. 27, 2021
Georges (Karpeles) Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Nasturtiums, 1919
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Georges (Karpeles) Kars (Czech, 1882-1945) Nasturtiums, 1919 oil on canvas signed Kars and dated (lower right) 22 x 19 ½ inches. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Dr. Rea Michalova, Ph.D., expert on Czech art of the 20th century. Provenance: Acquired in Prague, October 17, 1931 Thence by descent to the present owner
Hindman
Sep. 11, 2021
George KARS: "Portrait of a Poet" - Drawing
Est: $200 - $300
Pencil on paper drawing titled "Portrait of a Poet", by George Kars (French, 1893-1959), stamp signed Vente Kars. Provenance: Drouot Kars sale, Paris. [Art: 6 1/2" H x 4" W; Frame: 12 1/2" H x 10" W].
Roland Auctions NY
Aug. 25, 2021
GEORGES KARS (CZECH, 1880-1945) - FEMALE NUDE, INK AND RED CHALK ON PAPER, 1928.
Est: $250 - $500
Georges Kars (Czech, 1880-1945) - Female Nude, Ink and Red Chalk on Paper, 1928. Signed. 55x43cm. Georges Kars (b.1880 in Kralupy – d.1945 in Geneva) was a Czech painter known for his landscapes and nude paintings. Georges Kars was born to a German Jewish family. His father was a miller. When he was 18, Kars was sent to study in art in Munich with Heinrich Knirr and Franz von Stuck. From 1905 he traveled to Madrid where he met Juan Gris and immersed himself in the painting styles of Velasquez and Goya. In 1908, Kars arrived in Paris and settled in Montmartre at the time of the Cubist revolution, which also had an influence on his work, he met Suzanne Valadon and Maurice Utrillo well connected to the artist community. His work was interrupted by the First World War which he spent on the Galician Front and in Russian captivity. He renewed his friendship with Pascin and frequented Chagall, Apollinaire, Max Jacob, the art critic Maurice Raynal and the Greek painter Demetrius Galanis. He spent the summer of 1923 in Segalas, Hautes-Pyrenees region, with Suzanne Valadon’s family. An exhibition of his work took place at the Berthe Weill gallery in 1928. In 1933, he bought a house in Tossa de Mar near Barcelona. Along with a group of artists (Rafael Benet, Enric Casanovas and Alberto del Castillo) he inaugurated the Museu Municipal De Tossa Del Mar on 1 September 1935 as a modern art museum. He returned to live in Caulaincourt street in Montmartre, Paris, in 1936. When World War II started and German occupied Paris, he took refuge in Lyon where he started to draw children with a sad expression. In December 1942 he moved to the safety of his sister's home in Switzerland. Away from France, he started to make a large number of drawings and paintings depicting refugees seeking shelter. He committed suicide on 5 February 1945, most likely after receiving news of the deaths of relatives. Florent Fels, who met Georges Kars before 1930, writes: Although I lived in the strangest environment of Montmartre, next to artists with the most twisted mind, Kars stands there, singularly well balanced. He is so witty that he could be a cousin of Hoffmann's. We always expect him, just like the magician from Konigsberg to create a burlesque miracle like turning the Sacre-Coeur church into an illuminated pool for the One Thousand and One Nights or to create some tales worthy of The Serapion Brethren. When his wife Nora died in 1966, the contents of his atelier were auctioned at the Palais Galliera in Paris. Pierre Levy, a French industrialist and art collector, and Oscar Ghez acquired an important part of the artworks. In 1983 the Modern Art Museum of Troyes staged the first Kars retrospective. Source: Wikipedia.
Pasarel