| | Emil Jean Kosa (France, Paris, 1903 - 1968)
The First Overcast, before 1945
Watercolor, Watercolor and graphite on drawing board, 19 11/16 x 25 3/4 in. (50.01 x 65.41 cm); 19 11/16 x 25 3/4 in (49.9 x 65.3cm); Image: 19 11/16 x 25 13/16 in. (49.9 x 65.4 cm); framed: 28 11/16 x 35 5/8 in. (72.87 x 90.49 cm), Signed lower right in pencil: E J Kosa Jr.
The California Watercolor Society Collection of Watercolor Paintings (55.34.20)
Prints and Drawings Department. | | Not currently on public view
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| | Artwork in Focus
Emil Jean Kosa, Jr., contributed to the formation of a California watercolor style that gained national recognition during the 1930s. Kosa preferred the wet-into-wet technique, applying pigment to his large sheets in broad strokes. Many of his prizewinning watercolors were of the Southern California countryside, as is The First Overcast. A master of shadowy effect, Kosa captures the moment before a storm by softening the forms and limiting the palette mostly to grays and olive greens. His fluid manner gives breadth and power to the expansive landscape.  ... more | | Provenance | | Exhibition History | | Literature | | American Art -- Watercolors | | American Art -- California Watercolor Society | |
| | Books That Discuss This Artwork
Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1991, 482, color plate pg. 79 See other artworks in this book |
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