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THBJohn Koch (1909 - 1978) American
Lot 161
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Coral Gables, FL 33145
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Jan 16, 2022
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2022-01-16 13:00:00
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Bidsquare : Fine & Decorative Arts Online Auction #021
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This auction has 300 pieces. There is a great variety of paintings and decorative pieces Coral Gables Auction LLC coralgablesauction@yahoo.com
This auction has 300 pieces. There is a great variety of paintings and decorative pieces Coral Gables Auction LLC coralgablesauction@yahoo.com
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John Koch (1909 - 1978) American
Charcoal and Pastel on Paper
Measure 14 1/4"in H x 8 1/2"in W and 24 1/2"in H x 15 1/2"in W with frame
Known for: Genre-interiors, figure, portrait and still life painting
Biography: John Koch, born in Toledo, Ohio in 1909, was an American realist best known for his paintings of fashionable Manhattan and New England mansion dwellers. Koch's early art training was minimal. He attended two summers at the artists' colony at Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he was influenced by the work and theory of Charles Hawthorne. After graduating from high school, he went to Paris, where he stayed for four years painting on his own, never under a teacher. As he later recalled, "the Louvre taught me my major lessons." In defense of his seemingly "upper-crust" subject matter, Koch once stated, "I have great affection for ... dishonored subject matter ... (because of) the arbitrary ... way in which it has been dismissed. Have (sic) the sensuous, the lyrical elements really been expelled from modern life? Of course not. Is modern man exclusively occupied with his own tragic plight, his neuroses, his destruction? This ... is as much the sentimentality of our day as was the sweetness and light for which we so tirelessly berate the Victorians." Although Koch is generally viewed as a painter of the rich and famous, he was not just a superficial 'society painter'. As Koch himself stated, "I am quite visibly a realist, occupied essentially with human beings, the environments they create, and their relationships." His style is akin to the work of the seventeenth-century Dutch master Jan Vermeer, evoking quiet, intimate interiors, and creating luminous effects by under-painting in egg tempera and glazing with oils. Koch's compositions were elegant. His warm tones and colors invited you into his world where, as you investigate the contents, you discover treasures amongst his beautifully observed objects. - Shipping Info
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