Benedikt Kögl, otherwise Benno Kögl (12 March 1892,
Greding
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Geography
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– 29 April 1973,
Munich
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) was a German painter. He was principally a
miniaturist
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working in
oil
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; his main subjects were
still life
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s and
cat
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s (from which he gained the nickname ''Katzen-Kögl'' or 'Cat Kögl'). Some of his works are less than one inch square. He was a student of
Hans von Hayek (1869-1940) and
Philipp Röth (1841-1921).
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His work is actively traded today in several galleries in the US and Germany
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.
Works
Examples of his work can be found here:
Great Cat Paintings
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Notes and references
1892 births
1973 deaths
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
Portrait miniaturists
Cat artists
Artists from Bavaria
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