Georges KARS (1880/82-1945). "Still life with a necklace". Oil on canvas signed and dated 1929 lower left. Height : 46 cm - Width : 54.5 cm On the back of the frame, a label reads "N°65 of the catalog of the Sale of the Georges Kars Workshop at Hôtel Drouot, June 22, 1966. Me Claude Robert - M.J.C. Bellier". Note: Czech painter associated with the Ecole de Paris. He studied in Munich and befriended Jules Pascin and Paul Klee before moving to Paris, where he was influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Georges Kars is known for his landscapes, still lifes and genre scenes, characterized by a fairly contrasting palette. The influence of Paul Cézanne can be seen in his still lifes, which he discovered in Prague in 1904. Of Jewish origin and forced into exile during the Second World War, he took refuge in Switzerland, where he ended his life in 1945.