EMIL KOSA JR ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT STILL LIFE OIL PAINTING OLD VINTAGE FLOWERS

Description: EXTRAORDINARY ANTIQUE MODERN STILL LIFE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED ACADEMY AWARD OSCAR WINNING PAINTER EMIL KOSA JR. (American 1903-1968). THIS WORK DEPICTS A BOUQUET OF DAZZLING YELLOW CARNATIONS RESTING ON A BLUE WAVY TABLECLOTH AGAINST A DARK, MUTED BACKDROP. THE CARNATIONS ARE BRILLIANTLY RENDERED IN LUMINOUS SHADES OF YELLOW, THEIR PETALS LIGHTLY TEXTURED WITH LAYERED BRUSHSTROKES THAT GIVE THEM A DELICATE ALMOST AIRY PRESENCE. THE BLUE TABLECLOTH CONTRASTS HARMONIOUSLY WITH THE FLOWERS, ITS WAVY PATTERN SUBTLY REFLECTING LIGHT AND ADDING A SENSE OF MOVEMENT TO THE COMPOSITION. THE OVERALL MOOD IS ELEGANT, SERENE, AND VISUALLY STRIKING. EMIL KOSA JR IS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MASTER. HIS WORK IS EXHIBITED IN IMPORTANT MUEUMS, FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS AND PRESTIGIOUS AUCTION HOUSES WORLDWIDE. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS. SIGNED BY EMIL KOSA JR IN THE LOWER RIGHTHAND CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1940s. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. DIMENSIONS INCLUDING THE FRAME: 38” W x 46” H DIMENSIONS WITHOUT THE FRAME: 25” W x 33” H PROVENANCE: PRIVATE ESTATE, BEVERLY HILLS CALIFORNIA Emil Jean Kosa, Jr. (1903 - 1968) was active/lived in California. Emil Kosa Jr is known for Regional landscape, figure-nude, and still life painting. Emil Kosa, Jr. Born: 1903 - Paris, France Died: 1968 - Los Angeles, California Emil Kosa Jr is credited with designing the logo for 20th Century Fox, this is the first on-screen logo from 1935. Emil Kosa Jr. was born in Paris, France on November 28, 1903. His father was a Czech artist. He moved to the United States with his family at the age of four. Kosa studied at the Prague Academy as a teenager and then at the California Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1927. He returned to Paris later in 1927, and studied under Pierre Laurens at l'École des Beaux-Arts. In 1928, he returned to Los Angeles and studied and later taught at Chouinard and the Otis Art Institutes. Kosa spent the last 35 years of his life working for 20th Century Fox studios as a special effects artist. In 1963 he won an Oscar for his work on Cleopatra. During this time Kosa, along with maintaining a studio-home in LA, decorated churches, theatres, and private homes and continued teaching in Laguna Beach, California. Kosa exhibited at Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1940, the Biltmore Salon in Los Angeles in 1941. He also showed his works in many other locals nationally including the Carnegie Institute, the Denver Museum, and the Frye Museum. He won dozens of awards in California and nationally from 1928-1961. He is represented in many museums across the United States including the LACMA, the Santa Barbara Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Art, and the San Diego Museum. Kosa worked in both watercolor and oil. He painted many portraits including the official portrait of Governor Earl Warren. He also painted landscapes, seascapes, figures, and floral works. Through his studio connections, he also produced a large number of commissioned portraits for movie stars, businessmen and politicians. In the 1950s, he was known as the premier portrait painter in Southern California. His official portrait of Earl Warren from this era, is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. The most interesting aspect of Kosa's body of work is that he had several different styles. He is well known and appreciated in the circle of Still Life and California Plein-Air painters and watercolorists, but he was also painted many symbolist and modernist paintings. In these more expressive works can be seen the influence of his studies in Prague and Paris. Many of his paintings are moody, and somber; a stark contrast to his scenes of California landscapes. He produced a number of abstract works as well, showing the influence of Kupka who he had studied. A compulsive painter, Kosa would often paint for three or four hours after dinner each night and spend most of his weekends outdoors, painting with watercolors or oils. Alexander Cowie was his Los Angeles agent and the Macbeth Gallery sold his work in New York City. The Cowie Gallery, located in the Biltmore Hotel, had several one-man shows every year and included his work in all of their group showings. He was a true art master. Kosa JR. died in Los Angeles on the 4th of November 1968. Studied: Academy of Fine Arts (Prague), Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris), Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles) Member: National Academy of Design, American Watercolor Society~ California Water Color Society, Philadelphia Water Color Club, New York Water Color Club.

Price: 15000 USD

Location: Pasadena, California

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