Rudolf Kosow Landscape 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
Tramp (pet dog, beagle, troubadour guitare, animal portrait, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Tramp," by Rudolf Kosow, is a whimsical painting that delights in its surreal juxtaposition of scale and serenity. At the center is a beagle's face, depicted with lifelike detail an...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Curious (black old dog, snout, lady, vintage, animal, surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
"Curious," by Rudolf Kosow, is an engaging portrayal of inquisitiveness and wonder, bridging the natural world and humanity. Dominating the scene is a giant bulldog, its face a tapes...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Boss (paw, feline, cougar, wild cat, man, animal, americana, surrealist painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In this evocative piece by Rudolf Kosow, we are confronted with the signature elements of surrealism that define his work. The canvas is dominated by the vastness of a feline's paw, ...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Dreamer (monkey gorilla iceberg arctic surrealist oil painting light blue)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a gorilla in a contemplative state on top of an iceberg while a young woman next to him plays the guitar.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Wearing Hat (portrait, western, cowboy, oil painting, vintage, shadow, dark)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting the mysterious portrait of a man in the shadow wearing a cowboy hat.
keywords; western, cowboy Hat, green coat, americana, surrealism, ...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Boxing Glove (red boxing glove surréaliste brown coat oil painting boxer)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe bold original painting on canvas depicting the vivid portrait of a red boxing glove held by an anonymous figure in a coat.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Soulmate (white Swan Woman bather red green vintage surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Soulmate is a superbe original painting on canvas depicting a woman bather next to a giant white Swan on a green lawn against an intense red sky.
keywords; white Swan, woman bather,...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Holding Leather Bag (Brown leather bag surréaliste oil painting vintage dark)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe bold original painting on canvas depicting the vivid portrait of a red boxing glove held by an anonymous figure in a coat.
keywords; boxing glove, red glove, Brown coat, ame...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Leaf and couple (yellow oil painting vintage black and white Picture couple)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
LEAF AND COUPLE is a superbe and vivid original painting on canvas depicting a still life of a fall leaf next to a vintage black and white photograph of a couple in a tender brace.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Not so bad (cowboy hat western country vintage hat man oil painting light brown)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe monochrome original oil painting on canvas depicting a cowboy pondering over his latest shot.
keywords; cowboy, americana, surrealism, light brown, vintage, oil painting, ma...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Not Enough (dessert donut bite woman fur coat surréaliste brown oil painting )
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting the portrait of a partially eaten donut in mid-air and a woman from a different sera in a fur coat observing the strange phenomena.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Flow (sleep monkey chimpanzee iceberg arctic surrealist oil painting light blue)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a sleeping giant chimpanzee atop a drifting iceberg.
keywords; chimpanzé, americana, surrealism, monkey, sleeping giant, iceberg, vin...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Instantly (woman tennis player vintage surrealist oil painting monochrome grey)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a vintage scene of a young woman tennis player in action.
The actual color of this piece is a monochrome of...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Banana (yellow banana blue sky vintage hat man surrealist oil painting grey)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting an oversize banana hanging like an enigma in a clear bue sky above a perplexed magician.
keywords; americana, surrealism, yellow banana...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Marvellous (ballerina red hair porcelain vintage hat men surrealist oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a young ballerina performing a trick while onlookers contemplate perplexed to her prowess.
keywords; americana, surrealism, ballerina, ...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Tricky (ballerina porcelain trinket vintage hat men surrealist oil painting grey
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a young ballerina performing a trick while onlookers contemplate perplexed to her prowess.
keywords; americana, surrealism, ballerina, ...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
It's just like that (fly blue sky vintage men americana surrealist oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting an oversized fly as an enigma in a clear bue sky above a perplexed group of men.
keywords; americana, surrealism, fly, vintage, oil painting, men figurative painting...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Reunited (monkeys orangutans iceberg arctic surrealist oil painting light blue)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Superbe original painting on canvas depicting a pair of orangutans cuddling on top of a small iceberg.
keywords; americana, surrealism, monkey, iceberg, vintage, oil painting, anima...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Miracle (yellow banana couple surrealist oil painting comical vintage figurative
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Case", banal, everyday things meet in this painting to create an unusual, strange, absurd and ironical situation derived by the disproportional scale size of things.
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Relic 2.20 (vintage teal old rusty truck wreck nostalgia monochrome oil painting
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; rusty, teal, brown, earth tones, surrealism, car portrait, car accident, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, old car wreck...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Scrappy (car wreck girl yellow dress toy surrealism scale nostalgia vintage)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, humour, uncanny, yellow dress, little girl, car wreck, car incident, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, conte...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Mind Blowing (vintage car surrealist oil painting grey monochrome dessert cake)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Two photographic motifs, which can by no means fit together in real life, result in a coherent and at the same time completely absurd image on the painting level. Something that has happened, you can see things clearly in front of you and still do not understand how often in real life what it all means.
keywords; americana, surrealism, rasberry cake, vintage, oil painting, men figurative painting...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Irreversibility (vintage old car wreck nostalgia light blue auto oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, car portrait, car accident, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, old car wreck...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Dreamers (yellow banana vintage car surrealist oil painting grey monochrome)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Two photographic motifs, which can by no means fit together in real life, result in a coherent and at the same time completely absurd image on a painting level. It may symbolize wishful thinking which can never be realized in reality.
keywords; americana, surrealism, yellow banana, vintage, oil painting, men figurative painting...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Best Piece (red popsicle indigo blue grey lady vintage earth tone nostalgia)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, red popsicle, humour, uncanny, lady, vintage, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary f...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Ice case (ice cream surrealist oil painting grey monochrome vintage crime)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A group of men come across something inexplicable, something that looks amazingly like a scoop of ice cream with a chocolate topping, in the middle of the forest and desperately try ...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Dizzy (lady woman legs high heels black and white flesh tones monochrome city)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
In "Dizzy“, something inexplicable has happened in the middle of a sleepy city; a traffic accident where the fire brigade is trying to rectify and underst...
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2010s Surrealist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Relic 2.18 (vintage car old rusty truck wreck nostalgia monochrome oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; brown, earth tones, surrealism, car portrait, car accident, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, old car wreck...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Used and Needless (painting vintage old American tractor wreck nostalgia farm
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, earth tones, figurative painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, dream, men , portrait, earth tones, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, brown, car, automobile, tractor, old car wreck...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Useless (painting vintage old car wreck nostalgia light blue auto oil painting)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, portrait, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, tractor, old car wreck...
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2010s American Realist Rudolf Kosow Landscape Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Rudolf Kosow landscape paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Rudolf Kosow landscape paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of landscape paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Rudolf Kosow in canvas, fabric, oil paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the Surrealist style. Not every interior allows for large Rudolf Kosow landscape paintings, so small editions measuring 16 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Henry David Potwin, Henriette Gorbitz, and Marta Rynkiewicz. Rudolf Kosow landscape paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,760 and tops out at $10,000, while the average work can sell for $5,655.