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Kosso Eloul

Kosso Eloul

Kosso Eloul was an Israeli sculptor. His work displays a combination between the influence of "Canaanite" art and the abstractionism of the Ofakim Hadashim movement. He won the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture in 1951. His artistic education began in the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Tel Aviv, and continued at the Reali School in Haifa with Yitzhak Sirkin as his teacher. He spent 1938 studying sculpture at Yitzhak Danziger's studio in Tel Aviv. In 1939, at age 19, he went to the United States in order to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, which he did until 1943. He continued his studies in New York and Philadelphia. During World War II he volunteered for the United States Navy, in which he served for two years. Returning to Palestine in February 1946, he settled in Shfeya. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War he lived in the kibbutz of Ein Harod and served as a medic in battles taking place near Mount Gilboa. In Ein Harod he worked for five years as an art teacher. Afterwards he moved to Ramat Gan and continued teaching there until 1955. Among his students were Pinhas Ashat, Matanya Abramson, and Raffi Lavie. He joined the New Horizons art group in 1948. In 1951 he won the Dizengoff Prize for Sculpture for his sculpture "Prisoner". Beginning in the 1950s he took an active roles in Symposia in Israel, and from 1960 in international symposia for sculptors, including in Berlin (1963) and Montreal (1964), while displaying his work in European cities such as Rome and Berlin. Towards the end of 1962 he organized an international sculpture symposium which took place in Mitzpe Ramon. This event indicated the growing interest of sculptors in the Israeli landscape, especially desert and barren landscapes. In the 1960s, Eloul immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he lived until his death in 1995. During his residence there he erected more than 40 sculptures around the city. Invited as a participant to the first sculpture symposium in the United States in 1965, he contributed the monolith sculpture "Hard Fact".
Creator Id: 194
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
Beginning Year: 1920
Country of Birth: U.S.S.R.
Year of Birth: 1920
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist
Ending Year: 1995
Gender: Male
Living Status: Deceased
Mediums: sculpture
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Work by Kosso Eloul

Zarathustra (Facing East)

Work ID: 23251

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Zarathustra (Facing West)

Work ID: 23250

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Genesis

Work ID: 23252

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Optimax

Work ID: 23253

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Shalom

Work ID: 23254

Description: edition of 3

Measurements: 7' h

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Shalom

Work ID: 23255

Description: edition of 3

Measurements: 7' h

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Morningnight

Work ID: 23256

Measurements: 128' x 80' x 60'

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Hardfact

Work ID: 23259

Measurements: 21' x 135' trench

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Hardfact

Work ID: 23258

Measurements: 21' x 135' trench

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Hardfact

Work ID: 23260

Measurements: 21' x 135' trench

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Hardfact

Work ID: 23261

Measurements: 21' x 135' trench

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Silent Thunder

Work ID: 23257

Measurements: 10

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Double-You

Work ID: 23262

Measurements: 11'h

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Meet

Work ID: 23263

Measurements: 18'

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Now

Work ID: 23269

Measurements: 28' x 166' x 15'

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Korit

Work ID: 23264

Measurements: 81' x 96' x 48'

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Kobrus (Friendship)

Work ID: 23266

Measurements: 105

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Manhattan

Work ID: 23265

Measurements: 128

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Kobrus (Friendship)

Work ID: 23267

Measurements: 105

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Now

Work ID: 23268

Measurements: 28' x 166' x 15'

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Anada

Work ID: 23270

Measurements: 40

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Anada

Work ID: 23271

Measurements: 40

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Anada

Work ID: 23272

Measurements: 40

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Cubro

Work ID: 23273

Measurements: 50

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Shlosha

Work ID: 23275

Description: edition of 3

Measurements: 47

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Gola

Work ID: 23276

Description: edition of 3

Measurements: 45

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Shlosha

Work ID: 23274

Description: edition of 3

Measurements: 47

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Constella

Work ID: 23277

Description: edition of 3

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Free Arch

Work ID: 23281

Measurements: 12

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Braha

Work ID: 23279

Measurements: 24' x 30'

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Free Arch

Work ID: 23280

Measurements: 12

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Braha

Work ID: 23278

Measurements: 24' x 30'

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Alabam-U

Work ID: 23289

Measurements: 12' x 12' x 24'

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Canadac

Work ID: 23285

Measurements: 24'h (weight 24 tons)

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Alabam-U

Work ID: 23287

Measurements: 12' x 12' x 24'

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Alabam-U

Work ID: 23286

Measurements: 12' x 12' x 24'

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Alabam-U

Work ID: 23288

Measurements: 12' x 12' x 24'

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Canadac

Work ID: 23284

Measurements: 24'h (weight 24 tons)

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Canadac

Work ID: 23282

Measurements: 24'h (weight 24 tons)

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Canadac

Work ID: 23283

Measurements: 24'h (weight 24 tons)

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Two is One (Imsby)

Work ID: 23291

Measurements: 8' x 10' x 12'

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Two is One (Imsby)

Work ID: 23290

Measurements: 8' x 10' x 12'

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Inner City Gate

Work ID: 23292

Measurements: 8' x 10' x 12'

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Inner City Gate

Work ID: 23293

Measurements: 8' x 10' x 12'

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Signalos

Work ID: 23297

Measurements: 16'h

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Signalos

Work ID: 23296

Measurements: 16' h

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Toron

Work ID: 23294

Measurements: 14' x 30

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Toron

Work ID: 23295

Measurements: 14' x 30

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Zen West

Work ID: 23298

Description: edition of 2

Measurements: 10' x 10' x 2'

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Zen West

Work ID: 23299

Description: edition of 2

Measurements: 10' x 10' x 2'

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Metalon

Work ID: 23301

Measurements: 7' x 14' x 6'

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Metalon

Work ID: 23300

Measurements: 7' x 14' x 6'

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Klausso

Work ID: 23302

Measurements: 7' x 12

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The Nova Gate

Work ID: 23303

Measurements: 20' x 25' x 4'

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The Nova Gate

Work ID: 23305

Measurements: 20' x 25' x 4'

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The Nova Gate

Work ID: 23304

Measurements: 20' x 25' x 4'

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Meeting Place

Work ID: 23306

Measurements: 16' x 28' x 9'

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Meeting Place

Work ID: 23308

Measurements: 16' x 28' x 9'

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Meeting Place

Work ID: 23307

Measurements: 16' x 28' x 9'

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Meeting Place

Work ID: 23309

Measurements: 16' x 28' x 9'

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