Sale 213 Lot 354

JOHN S KOENIG
American / New Mexico, 1927 - 2017
Lady's Portrait in a Black Dress
Ink wash and watercolor on paper
Mixed media (watercolor, ink, and/or gouache) on paper. Signed "KOENIG." Framed. Not examined out of frame.
Sight: 5.5 x 7 inches; frame: 24 x 15.5 inches
$120-160

ARTIST PROFILE: John Koenig (1927–2017) was born in New Mexico in 1927 and spent much of his career painting the landscapes of Taos, New Mexico from 1978 to 1997 before relocating to Asheville, North Carolina. He studied painting and illustration in New York City at the Morgan School of Advertising and the Art Students League, studied sculpture with Jack Pappasion, and continued his artistic education at the Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy, and the Academia de Barcelona in Spain. In addition to his work as a painter, Koenig was also a producer and director who ran his own motion picture company, Lumiere Films. He is known for both his oil and wax encaustic paintings, which have won numerous awards and are held in private collections throughout the United States and Europe. His work has been exhibited widely, including at the National Arts Club, National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America Show, Salmagundi Club, and the Fulton Gallery in New York, as well as the Philadelphia Art Museum, Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, the Farnsworth and Wiscasset Museums in Maine, and The Taos Galleries in Taos, New Mexico and Scottsdale, Arizona.