Rudolf Kosow Portrait 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
Together (oil painting vintage couple figurative nostalgia sleeping beauty flesh
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Missing Pieces (oil painting surrealist birthday cake dessert couple cherry red)
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At first glance, simple, banal things are visible but something is clearly strange here, what is going
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The Good the Bad and Ugly (oil painting monochrome man cowboy western hat)
By Rudolf Kosow
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Fragment 2 (dreamy woman portrait face painting on wood, soft Earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Fragment" by Rudolf Kosow is a compelling painting that intricately uses the medium of wood to enhance its textural and emotional depth. The artwork features a close-up of a human f...
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2010s Post-Impressionist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Couple (oil painting woman portrait man flesh tones sleeping beauty vintage)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"The significant size difference plays with the perception of the viewer, perhaps confused, one asks
oneself the question, if what is shown much larger, is also much more important ....
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Repose (sleeping beauty woman hair portrait figurative oil painting flesh tones
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this painting, the painter tries to portray the young sleeping, lying and oversized figure of a woman as part of the landscape. Who likes to be this person and what is she doing i...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Discord (couple oil painting suitcase vintage nostalgia sleeping beauty skin)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this painting, the painter tries to portray the young sleeping, lying and oversized figure of a woman as part of the landscape. Who likes to be this person and what is she doing i...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Couple (oil painting flesh tones vintage couple sleeping beauty nostalgia)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The significant size difference plays with the perception of the viewer, perhaps confused, one asks
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Stramonia (oil painting monochrome vintage woman hat portrait earth tones)
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Located in Quebec, Quebec
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2010s Tonalist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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The brooch (oil painting sleeping beauty surrealism man tennis figurative hair)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A scene in the middle of nowhere: a young man with a tennis racket unexpectedly sees a huge
figure of a young lady who apparently sleeps or simply dreams in front of him.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Erwartungsvoll (oil painting woman portrait hair neck flesh tones vintage art)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
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2010s Realist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Couple (oil painting surrealist red hair woman man portrait figurative flesh
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
The significant size difference plays with the perception of the viewer, perhaps confused, one asks
oneself the question, if what is shown much larger, is also much more important .....
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
United and Fate Challenge I
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mental closeness connects two dissimilar beings, despite great differences.
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Last Leaves (young girl yellow shirt fall leave portrait figurative oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
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Rudolf Kosow’s Last Leaves is a hauntingly poetic oil painting that blends contemporary figurative painting with surrealism and symbolic composition. A young girl, her face rendered ...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mr. L (oil painting monochrome vintage old man beard portrait nostalgia, hat)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
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2010s Realist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Omnicient (oil painting grey monochrome vintage old man beard portrait nostalgia
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
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2010s Realist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Capture (girl soldier surrealist oil painting sleeping child portrait figurative
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Trapped, imprisoned and guarded - are there reasons to do so? Maybe "She" is dangerous, or
possibly quite harmless, she is dreaming and serene.
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil p...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mr. D (monochrome vintage man portrait nostalgia yellow ochre flowers botany)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Desperate Mr. D presents a hauntingly intimate portrait of a man whose weathered face and piercing gaze convey a sense of hardship and resilience. The monochromatic rendering of his ...
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2010s Symbolist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Mr. L (oil painting monochrome vintage old man beard portrait nostalgia flower)
By Rudolf Kosow
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keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Suspicious Mr. J (grey monochrome vintage portrait Botany nostalgia man hat)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
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2010s Jugendstil Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Malua Rosea Multiplex (painting monochrome Grey vintage lady Botany flowers)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary figurative painting, dreams, symbolic composition, dream, men , romantic, flesh tones, portrait, earth tones, tonalist, nostalgia, early 20th century, naturalist, illustration, woman, flora, grey art, yellow shoes...
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2010s Jugendstil Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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Mr. Cheerful (monochrome portrait vintage old man beard Hat Botanic nostalgia)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Mr. Cheerful by Rudolf Kosow presents a figure whose warm smile and rugged features exude an air of quiet confidence, yet the surreal detail of branches sprouting from his hat adds a...
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2010s Realist Rudolf Kosow Portrait Paintings
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