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At the age of five, Jacques Gotko moved with his family to Paris, where he later studied at the École des Beaux Arts. He worked first as an architect, then as a film set designer, and only later decided to devote himself to painting, especially watercolors and pastels. Gotko exhibited at the Salon d'Automne, the Zak Gallery, and had a particularly successful show at the Jean Castel Gallery in 1939. This, however, would be Gotko's last exhibition.
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He was arrested in 1942 and was interned in the concentration camp in Compiègne. There he drew and painted scenes of life in the camp; the barbed wire and watchtowers are notable elements in these works. In 1943 Gotko was sent to the concentration camp in Drancy, and from there deported to a death camp.
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