Nymph and Satyr by Egon Josef Kossuth
Nymph and Satyr by Egon Josef Kossuth
2858
EGON JOSEF KOSSUTH
(1874-1949)
Nymph and Satyr
Signed and dated l.c.: KOSSUTH 1904
Oil on canvas, circular
Framed
Diameter 32.5 cm., 12 ¾ in.
(frame size 50 by 50 cm., 19 ¾ by 19 ¾ in.)
Egon Josef Kossuth was born in Opava in what was then Austrian Silesia and is now the Czech Republic. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and the Art Academy of Prague before further studies at the Munich Art Academy. After travelling to England, France, Italy and Spain he established himself as a portraitist; painter of religious subjects; print-maker; photographer and graphic artist, dividing his time between studios in Wiesbaden and Prague. He received many commissions for society portraits and in 1914 was in Berlin to paint the portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Friedrich Ebert among others. He emigrated to the USA in March 1939, dying in Hertford, Connecticut on 9 January 1949.
RELATED ITEMS
Nymph and SatyrSigned and dated l.c.: KOSSUTH 1904Oil on canvas, circularFramedDiameter 32.5 cm., 12 ¾ in.(frame size 50 by 50 cm., 19 ¾ by 19 ¾ in.)Egon Josef Kossuth was born in Opava in what was then Austrian Silesia and is now the Czech Republic. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and the Art Academy of Prague before further studies at the Munich Art Academy. After travelling to England, France, Italy and Spain he established himself as a portraitist; painter of religious subjects; print-maker; photographer and graphic artist, dividing his time between studios in Wiesbaden and Prague. He received many commissions for society portraits and in 1914 was in Berlin to paint the portraits of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Chancellor Friedrich Ebert among others. He emigrated to the USA in March 1939, dying in Hertford, Connecticut on 9 January 1949.){kind=link}