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Born in 1909 in Toledo, Ohio, Koch grew up in Michigan receiving little training as an artist. He attended an artist colony for two summers in Massachusetts before moving to Paris after graduation to practice his skill. His strongest influence was Charles Hawthorne, yet he never studied under anyone. After Paris, he moved to New York City, where the bulk of his work was created. Koch used his upscale apartment as the scene for his works, planning each piece with meticulous detail. While Koch was a realist, he did not paint the reality set before him; he created and manipulated the reality into his idealised version. Those who knew him claimed that Koch controlled every aspect of his life in the way that he controlled his paintings, aiming to create a well-ordered life draped in privilege and high society. In fact, though the focus of his paintings appears to be people, often it is the detail that overwhelms viewers.
[Heritage Auctions - Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 91.4 cm]
