2020
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.
On 1stDibs, find a range of Rudolf Kosow’s paintings, drawings and more.
Stramonia (oil painting monochrome vintage woman hat portrait earth tones)
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
Stramonia by Rudolf Kosow is an monochrome oil painting that evokes a dreamlike interplay between figure and flora, where the blurred contours of the subject dissolve into the organi...
Canvas, Oil
Malua Rosea Multiplex (drawing paper monochrome Botany girl braids monochrome)
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...
Color Pencil, Paper
Abutilon Auicennae (drawing paper botany nostalgic lady chignon hair bun plants
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, flesh tones, portrait, earth tones, tonalist, nostalgia, early 20th century, naturalist, illustration, grey art, young woman, hair, hair bun...
Color Pencil, Paper
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...
Canvas, Oil
Suspicious Mr. J (grey monochrome vintage portrait Botany nostalgia man 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...
Canvas, Oil
Unexplicable (teal art apricot lady brown vintage earth tone nostalgia fur coat
By Rudolf Kosow
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; surrealism, fruit, ripe fruit, humour, apricot, fur coat lady, uncanny, lady, vintage, earth tones, oil painting, figurative painting, str...
Canvas, Oil
Ashen Flower, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Victor Sheleg
Located in Yardley, PA
Author's technique When creating a picture, I am guided by emotions and energy. :: Painting :: Art Deco/Art Nouveau :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity...
Oil
Silver Eve, mixed media portrait of woman with flowers, neutral colors
By Deirdre O'Connell
Located in New York, NY
“I thought the world was turned upside down when I started this body of work right after the 2016 presidential election. Little did I know. I had gone to the Woman's March in Washing...
Silver
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maya Jimsheleishvili - She Spoke in Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas Born in 1979 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Maya Jimsheleishvili is a Georgian artist and interior designer whose creative journey began in early childhood. Demonstrating an exc...
Canvas, Oil
Puela Florum III Flower Girl Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait In Stock
By Suzan Schuttelaar
Located in Utrecht, NL
Puela Florum III Flower Girl Oil Painting on Canvas Portrait In Stock Suzan Schuttelaar (1974, Gouda) began her education at the Grafisch Lyceum in Utrecht. She then successfully co...
Canvas, Oil
Acuarela. Mixed media on wood panel painting. Beautiful head's woman and flowers
By Goyo Dominguez
Located in Segovia, ES
Acuarela. Measurements in centimeters: 122 x 48 x 0.5 cm. // In inches: 48.03 x 18.9 x 0.2 " Framed: 144 x 70 x 4.5 cm. // In inches: 56.69 ...
Gold Leaf
Fairy of Flowers, Surrealist Oil Painting on Canvas, 2010s, Unframed
By Nadezda Stupina
Located in Oslo, NO
This striking artwork presents a mesmerizing confluence of human form and nature, featuring a nude figure set against a vibrant explosion of flowers. The subject, with flowing dark h...
Canvas, Oil
