14 Facts About Moissey Kogan

Moissey Kogan was a Bessarabian Jewish medalist, sculptor and graphic artist who spent much of his time in Paris and travelled throughout Europe.

Moissey Kogan specialised in creating sculptures and graphic art based on the female form.

Moissey Kogan was born to a Jewish merchant in the town of Orhei.

From 1903, Moissey Kogan spent time in the Bavarian city of Munich, where he enrolled at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, studying under the sculptor, Wilhelm von Rumann.

Moissey Kogan's talents were noticed by the art collector and patron Karl Ernst Osthaus, who worked for Kogan in later years, and offered the young artist a teaching position at the Folkwang Museum in Hagen.

Moissey Kogan led a transient life during this period, and lived variously in Switzerland and Berlin as well.

In Berlin, he was promoted by the prominent art-historian Max Sauerlandt and in the 1920s, Moissey Kogan's art was exhibited alongside artists from the Berlin Secession.

Moissey Kogan was an active participant in the Salon d'Automme, where he served on the jury and was eventually elected vice-president of the sculptural department in 1925.

Moissey Kogan began his career working with gems, producing medals, plaques, vases, embroidery and drawings.

Moissey Kogan subsequently turned to sculpture after his time in Paris and acquaintance with the sculptors Maillol and Rodin.

Moissey Kogan became interested in the female form and the concept of grace.

Moissey Kogan did not date his work, and so it isn't possible to ascertain the years of origin today.

The inner restlessness that Moissey Kogan has driven around his life has come to rest in his art.

Moissey Kogan's works are in many museums, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg, the Kunsthalle Bremen and in the art collection of the Essen Folkwang Museum.