Kosso Eloul
(1920–)
(–1995)
Kosso Eloul
1920–1995
Kosso Eloul (1920–1995) was an Israeli sculptor born in Murom, U.S.S.R and moved to Tel-Aviv, Israel, at the age of four. He began his formal art training in Israel under sculptor Yitzhak Danziger in 1938. He then moved to the United States in 1939 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and Chicago School of Design. It was not until the 1960s that Eloul began making his signature geometrically balanced metal sculptures.
During his studies in Chicago, Eloul studied with the likes of Frank Lloyd-Wright and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and in 1959, Eloul represented Israel at the Venice Biennale.
In the 1960s, Eloul discovered his signature style of highly polished, abstract geometrical sculptures and his love for international sculpture conferences. It was his geometric sculptures that led him to global commissions in locations across North America, Europe, and Asia.
Eloul predominately worked in aluminum and stainless steel, and his sculptures often took the shape of rectangles balancing off one another at odd angles.
After meeting Canadian artist Rita Letendre in Italy, they married and moved to Toronto in 1969 where he remained until his death in 1995. During his time in Canada, Eloul created numerous public sculptures around Toronto, such as Meeting Place in 1984, as well as other prominent Canadian cities like Montreal, Ottawa, and Kingston.
