Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Like images from a dream, Rudolf Kosow’s Surrealist figurative and still-life paintings and drawings conjure into reality otherworldly and absurdist scenes.
Kosow was born in 1972 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan. From 1994 to 2000, he studied painting at the city’s State Academy of Fine Arts.
Now based in Germany, he divides his time between Stuttgart and the town of Laichingen. He creates oil paintings based on three subjects: humans, animals and landscapes. He invites the viewer to interpret each work’s enigmatic message. For instance, in Contact, an astronaut is seemingly unaware of a colossal cat’s peering eye. In Missing Pieces, Kosow depicts a couple considering the whereabouts of slices taken from a giant Black Forest cake.
Kosow also explores the nature of human relationships in his portraits, such as Couple and Discord. Capture features a large-scale image of a sleeping girl juxtaposed with a miniature soldier standing guard.
“I try to paint things as realistically and as close as possible to enhance the real impression,” Kosow says in his artist’s statement. Although the imagery in his paintings and figurative drawings can be strange and somewhat unsettling, Kosow’s unique interplay of light and shadow creates a sense of “calm, harmony and peace.”
Kosow has exhibited across Germany and France. His works are sought by collectors of 21st-century Surrealist art.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Rudolf Kosow’s paintings, drawings and more.
2010s Realist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Jugendstil Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Jugendstil Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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1970s Realist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Contemporary Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Expressionist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Contemporary Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Early 2000s Pop Art Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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1970s Realist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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1970s Modern Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Early 19th Century Realist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Early 19th Century Italian School Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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20th Century Realist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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2010s Tonalist Rudolf Kosow Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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