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Emil Kosa . Jr
France 1903 ~ 1968
Emil Kosa . Jr
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| Emil Jean Kosa (Jr.) Biography |
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| 1907 |
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Moved to the United States |
| 1926 |
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Continued at the California Art Institute Los Angeles, CA |
| 1927 - 1928 |
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He returned to Paris |
| 1963 |
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Won an Oscar for his work on "Cleopatra" |
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"Bunker Hill - Downtown, Los Angeles"
Paper Watercolor
21.5"H x 29.5"W x 0"D
Los Angeles City Hall and Times Building from Bunker Hill, 1931
14.5 x 20.8 in. / 36.8 x 52.7 cm.
Cloverleaf confusion
watercolor
20 x 28.5 in. / 50.8 x 72.4 cm.
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Emil Jean Kosa (Jr.)
Plaza Mission
Watercolor
h: 15 x w: 21.5 in / h: 38.1 x w: 54.6 cm
San Pedro Harbor
circa 1933
Watercolor
h: 20 x w: 26.5 in / h: 50.8 x w: 67.3 cm
Emil Jean Kosa (Jr.)
Taylor’s Ranch, c.1945
Oil on masonite
h: 24 x w: 36 in / h: 61 x w: 91.4 cm
Boats, San Pedro Harbor
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Downtown, Los Angeles
Watercolor on Paper |
20.8 x 28 in. / 52.7 x 71.1 cm.
Romantic Bridges
Farm Scene
Oil
Boat Haven
Majesty of Hills
Approaching Storm, Hidden Valley
1940. Oil on canvas
h: 28 x w: 32 in / h: 71.1 x w: 81.3 cm
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Emil Kosa Jr.
Emil Kosa Jr. biography provided courtesy of 밅alifornia Watercolors 1850-1970?By Gordon T. McClelland and Jay T. Last.
EMIL KOSA JR.(1903-1968)... Born: Paris, France
Emil Kosa, Jr. received art instruction and music lessons at a very early age. When he was in his late teens, he had to decide between being a professional musician or artist. He chose art, but his family and instructors believed he could have been a famous musician had he chosen that occupation.
In the 1920s, Kosa moved to California, but returned to France several times to continue his art education. He received traditional painting instruction from Pierre Laurens and studied non-objective painting with Frank Kupka. After settling in California in 1928, Emil worked as a mural artist and operated a business with his father that produced decorative art for churches and auditoriums. When that line of work was Slow, he took on portrait commissions and sold fine art paintings through local galleries.
In the early 1930s, Kosa became friends with Millard Sheets and with Sheet's encouragement, began aggressively pursuing a national reputation as a California watercolor artist. He sent up to sixty watercolors every year to museum shows all over America and was among the first California Style watercolorist whose work brought attention to the West Coast watercolor style. Emil was an active member of the California Water Color Society and served as president in 1945. Kosa was one of the first of the California watercolorists to be accepted into annual shows in New York City at the National Academy of Design and in the American Watercolor Society shows.
Kosa is best known for his representational watercolors and oils, but also won awards for pencil drawings and pastels depicting figurative subjects and prints....extended biography is available in McClellands "California Watercolors" book.
Emil Kosa Jr. biographical information:
Interviews with Elizabeth Kosa, George Gibson, and Marian Kosa Saund, 1988.
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