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Rudolf KosowTrue Story (surrealist oil painting pink Fawn Bambi chestnut mahogany Brown)2025
2025
$3,140
£2,371.54
€2,739.50
CA$4,423.81
A$4,737.91
CHF 2,547.07
MX$57,544.63
NOK 32,183.41
SEK 29,466.30
DKK 20,469.04
About the Item
In True Story, Rudolf Kosow stages a tender yet surreal encounter between an elderly figure and a glossy pink fawn—an object that appears part cartoon, part ceramic souvenir. Rendered in meticulous oil painting on canvas, the scene blurs the line between surrealism and contemporary object portraiture, with the artist’s signature use of a white, unpainted canvas ground heightening the sense of isolation and contemplation.
The quiet bend of the man toward the playful, artificially perfect creature hints at memory, nostalgia, and the soft ache of time. Earth-toned shadows give way to the bright candy hue of the fawn, creating a striking contrast between lived reality and imaginative projection. Kosow transforms a simple moment into a symbolic vignette—an almost cinematic pause where past and present, innocence and age, the real and the fabricated coexist in a single, uncanny gesture.
- Creator:Rudolf Kosow (1972, German, Kazakhstani)
- Creation Year:2025
- Dimensions:Height: 26.38 in (67 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Quebec, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU907117214072
Rudolf Kosow
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.
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