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Moses Kottler
South African painter and sculptor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moses Kottler (1896–1977) was a South African painter and sculptor. He is widely regarded, along with Anton van Wouw and Lippy Lipshitz, as one of the most important South African sculptors. This triumvirate had the distinction of also having excelled at using pictorial media; Lipshitz with monotypes and Van Wouw in painting and drawing. Kottler's work in oils earned him additional consideration as a painter.[1]
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Born | Moses Kottler[1]: 237–238 ca. 1890[2] |
Died | 1977 |
Nationality | Russian, South African |
Education | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1911–1912) |
Known for | Sculpting, Painting |
Notable work | Small Coloured Girl (1917), oil on cardboard, 42 x 35.5 cm, Johannesburg Art Gallery D. C. Boonzaier (1918), oil on canvas, 45 x 34.5, South African National Gallery Meidjie (1926), cypress wood, 156 cm (including base), Johannesburg Art Gallery[3] |
Movement | Cubism, Symbolism, German Expressionism, Cape Impressionism, New Group |
Awards | Medal for Sculpture (1962) Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns |
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