Emil Kosa Jr.
by Gordon T. McClelland
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71 pages, by Gordon T. McClelland 88 color illustrations, hardcover - $27.00 Buy this book: Price: $27.00
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About This Book
Emil Kosa
Jr. was born in Paris, received an art education in Prague,
Paris and Los Angeles and resided in Southern California throughout
his career. In the 1930s he became nationally recognized as
a leading figure in the development of the California Style
of watercolor 
painting.
During the 1940s he established a regional reputation for
producing California plein air paintings, done with oils on
canvas. Through the 1950s and into the early 1960s he was
Southern California’s premier portrait artist and received
an Oscar from the motion picture industry for his concept
contributions and art in the field of special effects.
Often
Kosa focused his attention on depicting dramatically lit scenes.
Many of his paintings feature abstract patterns of light,
reflecting off structures or flowing across the ground. Usually
these were set off by deep shadows. Other works capture stormy
skies, shafts of light through the clouds or falling sheets
of rain, lit from behind.
This book
chronologically records the oil and watercolor paintings Kosa
produced during the various phases of his career. It includes
88 color illustrations documenting important works and presents
aspects of his personal and professional life from each era.
California Watercolor