[1][2] Born in Kraków, then part of Austria-Hungary, to Jewish parents, Kisling studied at the Academy of Fine Arts.

After moving to Montmartre, Kisling became a member of the Parisian avant-garde known also as the School of Paris, and developed close professional relationships with painters Amedeo Modigliani and Jules Pascin, among others.

Kisling gained recognition for portraying the female form and completed numerous nudes and portraits during his career.

[3][4] His teachers encouraged the young man to go to Paris, France, considered the international center for artistic creativity in the early 20th century.

In 1910, Kisling moved to Montmartre in Paris initially living on Rue des Beaux-Arts,[5] and a few years later to Montparnasse.

[5] Eventually around 1913, he took a home residence and art studio on 3 Rue Joseph-Bara in Montparnasse, however he spent a lot of his time in Southern France in the 1920s.

[citation needed] Moïse Kisling died at his house in Bandol, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on 29 April 1953.

A large collection of Kisling's works is held by the Musée du Petit Palais in Geneva, Switzerland.