Ladislas Kijno (June 27, 1921 – November 27, 2012) was a French painter. Born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, he moved with his family to France in 1925, settling in the community of Nœux-les-Mines in the

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

. Before becoming a painter he studied philosophy with Jean Grenier. In 1991, the French magazine ''L'Amateur d'Art'' was devoted to him, with an interview with

Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Primarily living in Paris, he is the author of numerous books and one of the national leaders of the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CEDI), a ...

entitled "Ladislas Kijno: 'Je suis un moine de l'Art!'" (I'm an Art Monk!)'' L'Amateur d'Art'', June 1991; »http://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0001343335?highlight=*&posInPage=1&bookmark=7990864d-2205-4923-be01-0aad381ec8c5&queryid=13085ed6-f10c-4ee5-897d-1b25a0e6f38e&searchType=cat

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