Artist

John Koch

born Toledo, OH 1909-died New York City 1978
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John Koch, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001782
Born
Toledo, Ohio, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • Paris, France
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Biography

Born in Ohio, studied in Paris, lived in New York City, later in Michigan and France. Realist painter, teacher whose work appears in several museums.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Works by this artist (4 items)

Ernest Trova, "Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self-control is disastrous."--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1963, oil and pencil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.292
“Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us self…
Artist
Date1963
oil and pencil on canvas
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man Manscapes, 1970, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1988.18.56
Falling Man Manscape, from the portfolio Falling Man…
Artist
Date1970
screenprint on paper
Not on view
Ernest Trova, FM/5' AWF #3, 1986, stainless steel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.17
FM/5′ AWF #3
Artist
Date1986
stainless steel
Not on view
Ernest Trova, Reclining Nude, 1957, casein latex on board, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Samuels Fine Art and museum purchase made possible by Mary W. Cure, 1990.33
Reclining Nude
Artist
Date1957
casein latex on board
Not on view