Waldemar George

{{Short description|French Jewish Art Critique and historian}}

{{Infobox art historian

| name = Waldemar George

| image = Terdjan Waldemar.jpg

| caption = Waldemar George, painted by Joseph Terdjan 1962

| birth_place = Łódź, Poland, Russian Empire

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|1|10|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|10|27|1893|1|10|df=y}}

| nationality = French

| alma_mater = Art critique, writer

}}

Waldemar George (10 January 1893 – 27 October 1970) was a Polish-born art historian and critic active primarily in France.{{cite web |title=Waldemar-George (1893-1970) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12608521/waldemar-george/ |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |accessdate=20 October 2020}} Born Jerzy Waldemar Jarociński to Jewish parents. He originally had a passport issued by the Russian Empire, but gained naturalised French citizenship after serving in the French Army during the First World War.{{cite web |title=Ressource «Waldemar-George (1893-1970) |url=https://portail-collections.imec-archives.com/ark:/29414/a011453477576ZGvTAZ |website=Mnesys |publisher=Institut Mémoires de l'édition contemporaine |accessdate=20 October 2020 |language=fr}}{{Citation |last=Affron |first=Matthew |title=Waldemar George: A Parisian Art Critic on Modernism and Fascism |date=2022-02-08 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780691241968-009/html |work=Waldemar George: A Parisian Art Critic on Modernism and Fascism |pages=171–204 |access-date=2023-10-31 |publisher=Princeton University Press|doi=10.1515/9780691241968-009/html |isbn=978-0-691-24196-8}}

He was active in the promotion of many artists of the School Of Paris. Frequently critiquing and writing of these artists which include Marc Chagall, Chaim Soutine, Isaac Frenkel and others.{{Cite web |title=Waldemar-George (1893-1970) |url=https://www.imec-archives.com/collection/waldemar-george |access-date=2023-10-31 |website=Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine |language=fr}}{{Cite journal |last=Chevrefils Desbiolles |first=Yves |date=April 2021 |title=Waldemar-George et l'École de Paris. De l'éloge à l'injure, de l'injure à l'oubli |url=https://hal.science/hal-03429833 |journal=Les leçons de l'École de Paris |location=Paris, France |publisher=Pascale Samuel, Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme (mahJ)}}