Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

German, Kazakhstani, b. 1972

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.

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Artist: Rudolf Kosow

Rudolf KosowSelf Wearing Bag (leather, satchel, brown, oil painting, vintage, monochrome), 2023

$3,040Sale Price|32% Off

Self Wearing Bag (leather, satchel, brown, oil painting, vintage, monochrome)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

"Self Wearing Bag" is a striking oil painting that explores themes of identity, burden, and possession. The hyperrealistic rendering of a worn leather bag, gripped tightly by a parti...

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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lester J. AmbroseGod Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene, 1930's

$2,300Sale Price|50% Off

H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in

God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene

Located in Doylestown, PA

"God Bless Our Home" is an interior and figurative scene of a woman sitting on her couch in serious and proper expression. The Americana style paint...

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1930s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mervin JulesChess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern, c. 1930s

$6,800

H 10 in W 12 in D 2 in

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern

By Mervin Jules

Located in New York, NY

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right and verso 8 x 10 inches oil on board. BIO The son of a men's haberdasher, Mervin ...

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1930s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil, Board

Otis Oldfield"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker, 1924

$18,500

H 20 in W 18 in

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker

By Otis Oldfield

Located in New York, NY

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis Oldfield” lower left. 14 x 12 inches. Exhibited: Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1925 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Born in Sacramento, CA on July 3, 1890, Otis Oldfield left high school at age 16 to work in a local print shop. In 1909 he arrived in San Francisco and enrolled at the Best Art School. After working for two years as a bellhop at the Argonaut Hotel and as a hat check boy at the Cliff House, he had saved enough money for further studies in Paris. In 1911 he sailed for France and enrolled at Académie Julian. Caught up in the activities of wartime Paris, he was an apprentice for a book...

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1920s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

J.P. Morgan

$750Sale Price|25% Off

H 18 in W 21.5 in D 1.25 in

J.P. Morgan

Located in Plano, TX

A 20th-century American School oil painting on board featuring American banker and financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) seated at his desk. Light streams throug...

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Mid-20th Century American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil

Heusing"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism, 1947

$4,900

H 33 in W 38 in

"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism

Located in New York, NY

"High School Dance" WPA Mid-20th Century Modern American Scene Social Realism Heusing (20th Century) "High School Dance" 27 x 32 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated '47 Lower Righ...

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1940s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Daniel Celentano"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation, c. 1930s

$75,000

H 17 in W 21 in

"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation

Located in New York, NY

"Pelham Bay" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modern NYC Subway Transportation Daniel Ralph Celantano (1902-1980) "Pelham Bay" 12 1/4 x 16 inches Oil on canvas Signed lower cente...

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1930s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Clyde SingerBe Good or Be Gone. McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene., 1972

$20,000

H 15 in W 17.75 in

Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.

Located in Marco Island, FL

Clyde Singer captures a moment between bar patrons at the historic McSorley's Old Ale House in New York City. The painting titled, Be Good or Be Gone, takes its name from a sign be...

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1970s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil, Board

Clyde SingerHotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting., 1947

$48,000

H 45 in W 54 in

Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.

Located in Marco Island, FL

A long and quiet night in the hotel lobby is depicted by Clyde Singer in this moody and still painting. Entitled Hotel Night Lobby (1947), Singer paints a moment of solitude during ...

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1940s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Carl Bretzke"Painter Friend and Friends" contemporary realist figurative painting w Fenske, 2017

$6,500

H 22 in W 28 in D 1 in

"Painter Friend and Friends" contemporary realist figurative painting w Fenske

By Carl Bretzke

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

A painting of painter, Ben Fenske, his muse, Beatrice, and his dog. Sitting in front of and underneath Fenske's 2009 painting, "The Break Up." The artist comforts the dog with a nice...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Clyde SingerDoctor's Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH., 1949

$28,000

H 21 in W 25 in

Doctor's Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.

Located in Marco Island, FL

An anxious moment waiting to see the doctor is depicted by Clyde Singer in this quiet and still painting. Entitled Doctor's Office (1949), Singer paints a moment of anticipation and...

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1940s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Arnold FriedmanDepression Era New York City - Journey Back in Time - American Scene Painting, 1935

$50,000

H 12 in W 27 in D 2 in

Depression Era New York City - Journey Back in Time - American Scene Painting

By Arnold Friedman

Located in Miami, FL

This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life. Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...

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1930s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Wood Panel, Oil

Michael LoewWPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century, 1940

$12,500

H 34 in W 34 in D 2 in

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century

By Michael Loew

Located in New York, NY

WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew (1907-1985) Detail for Mural (Social Security Building Washington D.C.) 24 x 24 inches ...

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1940s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Rudolf KosowUncertain (oil painting lone cowboy earth tones western hat nostalgia vintage), 2020

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H 36 in W 24 in D 1 in

Uncertain (oil painting lone cowboy earth tones western hat nostalgia vintage)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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Rudolf KosowUncertain (oil painting lone cowboy earth tones western hat nostalgia vintage), 2019

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H 39.38 in W 66.93 in D 0.79 in

Uncertain (oil painting lone cowboy earth tones western hat nostalgia vintage)

By Rudolf Kosow

Located in Quebec, Quebec

These paintings follow the idea of uncertainty in life - in general as well as in certain things. keywords; surrealism, western, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, stra...

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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Interior Paintings

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