SIGNED! Emil Kosa Jr., 1903-1968 1st Ed HCDJ Hardcover 20th Century-Fox CLEAN!!

Description: SIGNED! Emil Kosa Jr., 1903-1968 1st Ed HCDJ Hardcover 20th Century-Fox CLEAN!!_______________________________________ Emil Kosa Jr., 1903-1968by Gordon T. McClellandPublished by Hillcrest, Beverly Hills, CA(1990)FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER w DUST JACKET SIGNED BY BOBBIE (MRS. EMIL KOSA, JR) Condition:EXCELLENT CONDITION 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket, SIGNED BY BOBBIE (MRS. EMIL KOSA, JR)! The binding is tight and all 71 beautifully colored pages within are bright white with NO writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The covers look perfect! The dust jacket is in excellent condition with no rips, folds or tears, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking! About Emil Kosa, Jr:Emil Kosa Jr. was born in Paris, France. His parents were Emil Kosa Sr., Czech artist, and Jeanne Mares Kosa, a French pianist for the Paris Opera. After his mother died at the age of three, his father married a Czech wife and in 1908, his family moved temporarily to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where his father worked with Alphonse Mucha. Four years later, the family returned to Czechoslovakia where he attended the primary and secondary school during and after the World War I. After World War I ended, Kosa Jr. trained in art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. After a mere three semesters, he moved to the United States in January 1921, rejoining his family (which had preceded him in emigrating to the United States). He took art courses at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. In 1927, he became a naturalized American citizen. He spent the following year in Paris, studying at the École des Beaux Arts and with Pierre Laurens and Frank Kupka, and returned to California in 1928. Kosa is credited with designing the logo for 20th Century-Fox. Early in his career, Kosa Jr. worked as a mural painter and designer for various architects and interior decoration firms. He also ran a business with his father producing decorative art objects for churches and auditoriums. As a painter, Kosa Jr. was stylistically affiliated with the movement that became known as California Scene Painting. He painted mainly California landscapes and urban settings in both oil and watercolor, and he also produced commissioned portraits of celebrities, businessmen, and politicians. His work was widely exhibited starting in the 1930s, with solo shows at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and elsewhere. In 1933, he joined the newly formed special effects department at 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Studios). He was quickly promoted to art director, a position he held for the next 35 years. In 1964, he became the first person to win the Best Visual Effects after the Academy Awards changed the name from Special Effects. He won at the 36th Academy Awards for his work on the film Cleopatra. He also helped to create the first logo for 20th Century Pictures (later 20th Century-Fox, later 20th Century Studios). Kosa Jr. was married twice: in 1928 to Mary Odisho (d. 1951) and in 1952 to dancer Elizabeth "Bobbie" Twaddel. Copyright © 2018-2022 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.

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