Biografie von Emil Jean II KOSA (1903-1968)

Birth place: Paris, France

Death place: Los Angeles, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles

Profession: Painter, muralist, lithographer, writer, lecturer

Studied: Acad. FA. Prague with Thille; Calif. AI; …cole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Acad. Julian, Paris, with Laurens; Kupka.

Exhibited: San Diego Gal. FA, 1933; NAD, 1942-46; PAFA, 1938-46; PAFA Ann., 1949; Corcoran Gal. biennials, 1941-43 (5 times); AWS, 1936-46; AIC, 1940-49; Carnegie Inst., 1941, 1943-44; VMFA, 1940, 1946; WMAA, 1945; MMA, 1942: Denver Art Mus., 1938-45.; TMA, 1946; Colorado Springs FAC, 1941-45; Los Angeles Mus. Art, 1926-46; Frye Mus. Art, Seattle. Awards: medal, Pan-Pacific Exh., 1928; prizes, AWCS, 1938-39, 1953; Balt. WCC, 1939; San Diego Art Gld., 1937, 1942; San Diego Gal. FA, 1936-37; Oakland Art Mus., 1938, 1942, 1950; Fnd. Western Artists, 1942, 1945; Santa Cruz, 1932, 1938, 1941, 1942, 1948; Los Angeles Co. Fair, 1931; Santa Paula Ann., 1939 (prize); Ebell Club, 1939 (prize); Calif. State Fair, 1934, 1938, 1949; Arizona State Fair, 1932, 1938; NAD, 1941, 1949, 1951, 1954; Acad. Arts & Sciences, 1952; Newport Harbor H.S.; Westwood AA, 1953; Sacramento State Fair, 1954; P&S Los Angeles, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944; Calif. Art Club, 1938, 1940-42. Jarvis House award. Art: USA. 1958; Madonna Festival, Los Angeles, 1961.

Member: NYWCC; San Diego AG; P&S Los Angeles; Calif. Art Club; NA; AWCS; Audubon Artists; Calif. WCS

Work: NAD; California State Lib.; Springfield (MA) Mus. Art; Cranbrook Acad. Art; Dover (DE) H.S.; Washington State College; Chaffey Jr. College; Santa Barbara Mus. Art; Los Angeles Mus. Art; AWCS; 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 Inst.; Chouinard AI. Auth.: Watercolor Methods, 1955.

Sources: WW66; WW47; Falk, Exh. Record Series.