Kantor, Morris Birth - Death : 1896-1974 Nationality : American
Morris Kantor studied painting with Homer Boss and was deeply impressed by Rousseau and Chirico while in Paris in 1927. He depicted the city life in New York and scenes from New England in a very personalized style. During his youth, Morris Kantor worked as a designer of textile motifs to earn a living.
Kantor, Tadeusz Birth - Death : 1915-1990 Nationality : Polish
Tadeusz Kantor lived and worked in Cracow. He founded the “Modern Artists Club” in 1947 and organized the first modern art exhibition in Cracow the following year. Tadeusz Kantor was a specialist of happenings and took part in many exhibitions in Poland and abroad. Working as an abstract artist, Kantor was also an active dissident and took part in several clandestine shows and plays. He also produced Surrealist drawings and collages.
Kaplan Nata Birth - Death : 20th-21st Century Nationality : Egyptian then Israeli
Painter. She studied painting in Tel Aviv, Paris and London and received a bronze medal awarded by the Paris Academy.
Kaplan, Francoise Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French
Painter.
Kaplan, Malvina Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : Polish then Israeli
Kaplan studied painting in Poland and survived the holocaust. She then went to Sweden before immigrating to Palestine in 1947. She studied art at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv and exhibited Her works in Israel and abroad.
Kaplan, Marc Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French
Painter.
Kaplan, Ralph Birth - Death : 1940- Nationality : American?
Painter.
Kapon, Anneta Birth - Death : 20th-21st Century Nationality : Greek
Painter.
Karczmar, Natan Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French
Karczmar has been working in Canada since 1955. Much influenced by Surrealism he has then produced abstract works showing simple irregular vertical lines.
Karfiol, Bernard Birth - Death : 1886-1952 Nationality : American
Born of American parents near Budapest, Karfiol went to Paris at 15 and met Picasso and Matisse there. He returned to New York at 21 and taught art there before exhibiting his works inspired by Cubism.
Karinthi, Ada Noemi Birth - Death : 1886-? Nationality : Hungarian
Painter.
Karmon, Uri Birth - Death : 1931- Nationality : Israeli
Painter. Karmon took part in several exhibitions in Israel from 1970.
Karskaya, Ida née Chraiban Birth - Death : 1905-1990 Nationality : Ukrainian then French
Karskaya settled in France in 1923 and first studied medicine. She then devoted herself to painting after marrying Serge Karsky, a French painter and received the advice of Pascin, their mutual friend. She sought refuge in the Dordogne region during World War Two. Karskaya swerved to abstraction after the war and exhibited several times in Paris.
Karsky, Serge Birth - Death : 20th Century Nationality : French
Painter.
Karvaly, Mor Birth - Death : 1864-? Nationality : Hungarian
Karvaly studied in Paris with G. Courtois and then worked as a genre painter.
Kass, Janos Birth - Death : 1927- Nationality : Hungarian
Kass studied at the School of Decorative Arts in Budapest from 1945 to 1951 and then at the Academy there between 1961 and 1962. Working as a printmaker and illustrator, he exhibited at the 1958 Universal Exhibition in Brussels where he was awarded a silver medal.
Kassak, Lajos Birth - Death : 1887-1967 Nationality : Hungarian
Kassak fled from his home at 13 and worked as an apprentice to a locksmith before collaborating with a left-wing periodical. Traveling then through Europe he arrived in 1909 in Paris, where he befriended Apollinaire, Picasso and Modigliani. Back in Budapest after 1910, Kassak became a respected intellectual figure before meeting Marinetti in 1912. Three years later he founded the A Tett\" Action"
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