Georges Kars manner of death suicide
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 Germany 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 made a large number of drawings and paintings depicting refugees seeking shelter. He committed suicide in Geneva on 5 February 1945, most likely after receiving news of the deaths of relatives.
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