Bunker Hill

ClassificationsPaintings-watercolors

Artist Emil Kosa Jr. (American, 1903 - 1968)

Date1930s

Made AtLos Angeles, California, United States, North America

Place DepictedLos Angeles, California, United States, North America

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsApproximately: 21 × 28 in. (53.3 × 71.1 cm)
Framed: 29 7/8 × 36 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (75.9 × 93.7 × 3.8 cm)

Credit LineAnn and Bill Cullen Memorial Collection

Object number2018.6.17

DescriptionEmil Kosa Jr. began taking art classes at a young age and once he was in his late teens decided to become a professional artist. In the 1920s he moved from France to California and received traditional painting instruction.

Bunker Hill was a prominent geographical location due to it representing the separation of Downtown Los Angeles from the rest of the city. It had first been developed as Victorian housing for wealthy Angelenos in the late 19th century, but by the 1930s, the large properties there had been split into small, lower cost rentals. Two men, evidently not construction workers, gloomily cling to the shadows in the abandoned lot in the fore of this painting. The lone buildings beyond also appear to be in a state of disrepair with broken shutters.

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