“wife and daughter” watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
“wife and daughter” watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
Artist wife - watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi (Picture was in Tel Aviv Museum exhibition)
Artist wife - watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi (Picture was in Tel Aviv Museum exhibition)
Intermission - watercolor by Jospesh Kossonogi
Intermission - watercolor by Jospesh Kossonogi
Joseph Kossonogi (1908 – 1981)
When Joseph Kossonogi was a young child, a postcard from a painting by Titian fell into his hands. Kosssonogi began copying it, and a woman who saw the excellent copy decided to buy it in exchange for a watercolor box. From here, the young boy’s path was determined.
He is one of the “Massad” artists’ group, and together with her friends presented in a three-room apartment they rented on Rothschild Boulevard. Among the group’s members are Avigdor Stimatsky ,Aharon Avni, Mordechai Lebanon , Israel Peledi, Zvi Shor and Aryeh Long.
In 1932 Kossonogi joined the Israel Artists Association. In 1935, the group joined the Painters and Sculptors Association in Israel, his works use a soft and modest color, creating a unique atmosphere of lyrical calm in his works. He saw the world as a luminous and romantic place, with festive views, and beautiful women.
He has a lot to do with quiet scenery and shooting, using soft and vague colors to describe the light’s transparency of the country. Safed’s landscapes, Lake Kinneret, Ein Kerem and Jerusalem often appear in these paintings.
In his paintings, Kossonogi usually uses few colors to make his paintings look almost monochromatic, but from these colors he builds many shades and hues that create great wealth.
Another topic heengage in, especially from the mid-1960s, is the subject of music translated into the language of painting. These paintings feature figures playing at the center, and the calm, harmonious music emerges from them in pale greenish-green or yellow-orange colorways scattered in space.
Kossonogi often draws elegant women figures, often in dresses, often with jugs on their heads inspired by the Druze women he met between the Galilee mountains, or with umbrellas in their hands under the influence of the exquisite women in the cities. The figures and houses in his paintings are extended upward, as if trying to rise into the sky.
On his works, Kossonogi said: “Our country is more suited to watercolors than to oil colors.” “I cannot give this transparency in the Israeli landscape, its clear air and atmosphere, but in the watercolor.”
Major Awards
Joseph Kosonogi won the prestigious Dizengoff Award twice (1944 and 1954).
Additional Awards:
1938 – The Art Award of the Tel Aviv Municipality
1950 – Maritime Landscape Award for Naval Rope to Israel
1956 – Nordau Award
1966 – Workers’ Union Award
1966 – Award at the International Exhibition, Tokyo
1976 – Nordau Award
Central Exhibitions
Sleep Exhibition name Place City
1931 (At the show, the county commissioner, accompanied by Mayor Dizengoff, visited) Tel Aviv
1938 Artist Hand Gallery Tel Aviv
1940 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1944 20 photos from the last three years Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1945 Kosonogi Exhibition The Habima House Tel Aviv
1947 40 watercolors Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1950 Ten years of creation Artist House Jerusalem
1953 35 works Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1955 Drawings Legend Gallery Tel Aviv
1955 Watercolors Artist House Haifa
1955 27 watercolors Artist House Jerusalem
1960 The last eight years The Museum of New Art Haifa
1962 51 works at the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1963 A joint exhibition with Rachel Tzagla Artist House Jerusalem
1967 A joint exhibition with Chaya Schwartz Art Gallery Holon
1969 Landscapes of Ein Kerem 1950-1955 Sea Gallery Tel Aviv
1972 37 Watercolors, 1965-1972 Artist House Jerusalem
1978 A joint exhibition with Rachel Tzagla Full Club Tel Aviv
1978 Landscapes of Ein Kerem 1950-1955 Givon Gallery Tel Aviv
1980 Paintings of the Land of Israel Givon Gallery Tel Aviv
1988 Watercolor Cabri Gallery Kabri
Major group exhibitions:
sleep Exhibition name Place City
1929 “Masad” group exhibition Rothschild 4 Tel Aviv
1932 Tel Aviv Museum’s Festive Opening Exhibition (2 paintings) Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1934 The Eastern Fair – Tel Aviv in the art of painting Made in the country palace tower Tel Aviv
1953 Five painters Katz Gallery Tel Aviv
1958 The Decade Exhibition Nation Buildings Jerusalem
1967 Little Tel Aviv – 80th anniversary of Neve Tzedek Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
Joseph Kossonogi (1908 – 1981)
When Joseph Kossonogi was a young child, a postcard from a painting by Titian fell into his hands. Kosssonogi began copying it, and a woman who saw the excellent copy decided to buy it in exchange for a watercolor box. From here, the young boy’s path was determined.
He is one of the “Massad” artists’ group, and together with her friends presented in a three-room apartment they rented on Rothschild Boulevard. Among the group’s members are Avigdor Stimatsky ,Aharon Avni, Mordechai Lebanon , Israel Peledi, Zvi Shor and Aryeh Long.
In 1932 Kossonogi joined the Israel Artists Association. In 1935, the group joined the Painters and Sculptors Association in Israel, his works use a soft and modest color, creating a unique atmosphere of lyrical calm in his works. He saw the world as a luminous and romantic place, with festive views, and beautiful women.
He has a lot to do with quiet scenery and shooting, using soft and vague colors to describe the light’s transparency of the country. Safed’s landscapes, Lake Kinneret, Ein Kerem and Jerusalem often appear in these paintings.
In his paintings, Kossonogi usually uses few colors to make his paintings look almost monochromatic, but from these colors he builds many shades and hues that create great wealth.
Another topic heengage in, especially from the mid-1960s, is the subject of music translated into the language of painting. These paintings feature figures playing at the center, and the calm, harmonious music emerges from them in pale greenish-green or yellow-orange colorways scattered in space.
Kossonogi often draws elegant women figures, often in dresses, often with jugs on their heads inspired by the Druze women he met between the Galilee mountains, or with umbrellas in their hands under the influence of the exquisite women in the cities. The figures and houses in his paintings are extended upward, as if trying to rise into the sky.
On his works, Kossonogi said: “Our country is more suited to watercolors than to oil colors.” “I cannot give this transparency in the Israeli landscape, its clear air and atmosphere, but in the watercolor.”
Major Awards
Joseph Kosonogi won the prestigious Dizengoff Award twice (1944 and 1954).
Additional Awards:
1938 – The Art Award of the Tel Aviv Municipality
1950 – Maritime Landscape Award for Naval Rope to Israel
1956 – Nordau Award
1966 – Workers’ Union Award
1966 – Award at the International Exhibition, Tokyo
1976 – Nordau Award
Central Exhibitions
Sleep Exhibition name Place City
1931 (At the show, the county commissioner, accompanied by Mayor Dizengoff, visited) Tel Aviv
1938 Artist Hand Gallery Tel Aviv
1940 Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1944 20 photos from the last three years Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1945 Kosonogi Exhibition The Habima House Tel Aviv
1947 40 watercolors Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1950 Ten years of creation Artist House Jerusalem
1953 35 works Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1955 Drawings Legend Gallery Tel Aviv
1955 Watercolors Artist House Haifa
1955 27 watercolors Artist House Jerusalem
1960 The last eight years The Museum of New Art Haifa
1962 51 works at the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1963 A joint exhibition with Rachel Tzagla Artist House Jerusalem
1967 A joint exhibition with Chaya Schwartz Art Gallery Holon
1969 Landscapes of Ein Kerem 1950-1955 Sea Gallery Tel Aviv
1972 37 Watercolors, 1965-1972 Artist House Jerusalem
1978 A joint exhibition with Rachel Tzagla Full Club Tel Aviv
1978 Landscapes of Ein Kerem 1950-1955 Givon Gallery Tel Aviv
1980 Paintings of the Land of Israel Givon Gallery Tel Aviv
1988 Watercolor Cabri Gallery Kabri
Major group exhibitions:
sleep Exhibition name Place City
1929 “Masad” group exhibition Rothschild 4 Tel Aviv
1932 Tel Aviv Museum’s Festive Opening Exhibition (2 paintings) Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
1934 The Eastern Fair – Tel Aviv in the art of painting Made in the country palace tower Tel Aviv
1953 Five painters Katz Gallery Tel Aviv
1958 The Decade Exhibition Nation Buildings Jerusalem
1967 Little Tel Aviv – 80th anniversary of Neve Tzedek Tel Aviv Museum of Art Tel Aviv
Quartet - watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
Quartet - watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
Elegant - oil on canvas by Joseph Kossonogi
Elegant - oil on canvas by Joseph Kossonogi
lady in Black - oiul on canvas by Joseph Kossonogi
lady in Black - oiul on canvas by Joseph Kossonogi
sailing boat at the sea of Galilee watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
sailing boat at the sea of Galilee watercolor by Joseph Kossonogi
