About Marcin Kitz
Lived 1891 – 1943 (aged 51–52). Marcin Kitz was a Polish painter.
Marcin Kitz (1891–1943) was a Polish-Jewish painter.
Marcin Kitz started his painting studies in Lwów at Stanisław Rejchan and Stanisław Batowski Kaczor, 1919/1920 at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, he studied also in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. Since 1923 he participated on the painting salons in Kraków, Lwów, Poznań and Warsaw. 1939-1941 he lived in Moscow, Kharkiv and Kiev.
He painted landscapes, still-life and genre images and portraits.
In 1943 was arrested and murdered by Gestapo during the German occupation of Lwów because he helped to give concealment to the Jews.
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Who was Marcin Kitz?
painter (1891-1943)
When was Marcin Kitz born?
Marcin Kitz was born in 1891 in Lviv.
When did Marcin Kitz die?
Marcin Kitz died in 1943 in Lviv.
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Marcin Kitz was a painter.
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Marcin Kitz was Polish.
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