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George Joseph Koch BIOGRAPHY
1884 Newark, New Jersey - 1951 Monterey, California. Known for: Landscape and marine painting, illustration.
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in 1917 to establish a home in the Carmel Highlands,. Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in 1917 to establish a home in the Carmel Highlands,. Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during WWI, for about a decade he spelled his name Kotch. He was a co-founder of the Carmel Art Association in 1927 and served as director for the first two years. A highly skilled painter, his oversize... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in 1917 to establish a home in the Carmel Highlands,. Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during WWI, for about a decade he spelled his name Kotch. He was a co-founder of the Carmel Art Association in 1927 and served as director for the first two years. A highly skilled painter, his oversize (40"x50") oils include marines and landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula. Koch died in Monterey, CA on Sept. 13, 1951 . Exhibitions: . Carmel Art Associations from 1927 . California Statewide (Santa Cruz), 1930 . California State Fair, 1933; . Golden Gate... Read full biography
Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in 1917 to establish a home in the Carmel Highlands,. Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during WWI, for about a decade he spelled his name Kotch. He was a co-founder of the Carmel Art Association in 1927 and served as director for the first two years. A highly skilled painter, his oversize (40"x50") oils include marines and landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula. Koch died in Monterey, CA on Sept. 13, 1951 . Exhibitions: . Carmel Art Associations from 1927 . California Statewide (Santa Cruz), 1930 . California State Fair, 1933; . Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". AAA 1909-15; PF; AAW; Monterey Public Library; Death Record.
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Born in Newark, New Jersey on March 18, 1884, George Koch maintained studios in New York City and Mystic, Connecticut after the turn of the century. After visiting California in 1914, he returned in 1917 to establish a home in the Carmel Highlands,.
Due to anti-German sentiment in the U.S. during WWI, for about a decade he spelled his name Kotch. He was a co-founder of the Carmel Art Association in 1927 and served as director for the first two years.
A highly skilled painter, his oversize (40"x50") oils include marines and landscapes of the Monterey Peninsula.
Koch died in Monterey, CA on Sept. 13, 1951
Exhibitions:
Carmel Art Associations from 1927
California Statewide (Santa Cruz), 1930
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Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
AAA 1909-15; PF; AAW; Monterey Public Library; Death Record
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