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EMIL JEAN KOSA, JR.
American (California) 1903-1968
"MUMS"
Oil on Masonite
Signed 'E Kosa Jr' l.l.
Museums: 10, including Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Smithsonian
American Art Museum, The Carnegie Art Museum, New York Historical Society, San Diego Museum of Art
Books: 45, including Emil Kosa Jr., McClelland; California Art, Moure/Wall; Painted Light: California, Stern;
Author: Watercolor Methods, 1955.
Periodicals: 12, including 10 in American Art Review
19 7/8"x 16"
Price: Please Inquire
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Emil Jean KOSA II (1903-1968)
Birth place: Paris, France
Death place: Los Angeles, CA
Addresses: Los Angeles
Profession: Painter, muralist, lithographer, writer, lecturer
Studied: Academy of Fine Art, Prague with Thille; California Art Institute; Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris;
Academy Julian, Paris, with Laurens; Kupka.
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Exhibited: San Diego Gallery of Fine Art, 1933; National Academy of Design, 1942-46; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1938-46; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual;, 1949; Corcoran Gallery biennials, 1941-43 (5 times); American Watercolor Society, 1936-46; Art Institute of Chicago, 1940-49; Carnegie Institute, 1941, 1943-44; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1940, 1946; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1945; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942: Denver Art Museum, 1938-45.; Toledo Museum of Art, 1946; Colorado Springs Fine Art Club, 1941-45; Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1926-46; Frye Museum of Art, Seattle. Awards: medal, Pan-Pacific Exhibition, 1928; prizes, American Watercolor Society, 1938-39, 1953; Baltimore Watercolor Club, 1939; San Diego Art Guild, 1937, 1942; San Diego Gallery of Fine Art, 1936-37; Oakland Art Museum, 1938, 1942, 1950; Foundation of Western Artists, 1942, 1945; Santa Cruz, 1932, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1948; Los Angeles County Fair, 1931; Santa Paula Annual, 1939 (prize); Ebell Club, 1939 (prize); California State Fair, 1934, 1938, 1949; Arizona State Fair, 1932, 1938; National Academy of Design, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1954; Academy of Arts & Sciences,1952; Newport Harbor High School.; Westwood Art Association, 1953; Sacramento State Fair, 1954; P&S Los Angeles, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944; California Art Club, 1938, 1940-42. Jarvis House award. Art: USA. 1958; Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1961.
Member: New York Watercolor Club; San Diego Arts Guild; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles; California Art Club; National Academy; American Watercolor Society; Audubon Artists; California Watercolor Society
Work: ; National Academy of Design; California State Library; Springfield (MA) Museum of Art; Cranbrook Academy of Art; Dover (DE) High School; Washington State College; Chaffey Jr. College; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; Los Angeles Museum of Art; American Watercolor Society; Santa Paula, CA; Art Dept.,20th Century Fox Film Co.; murals, Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Comments: Came to U.S. in 1907. Teaching: Los Angeles Art Institute; Chouinard Art Institute; Author: Watercolor Methods, 1955. |
Sources: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series
Museums:
Chaffey Community Art Association Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
New York Historical Society
Paine Art Center
San Diego Museum of Art
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Springville Museum of Art
The Carnegie Art Museum
USC Fisher Gallery
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