David John McCosh (1903

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– 1981

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) was a Northwest American artist and art instructor. The

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has over 170 of his works in their permanent collection. McCosh graduated from the School of Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in 1926 and began his teaching career there in 1931. In 1934 McCosh traveled to

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to marry painter Anne Kutka in the company of his new in-laws, artists and art instructors Suzanne Kutka Boss and

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. Later that same year the couple relocated to Oregon. There he taught courses in lithography, drawing, oil painting and watercolors at the

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from 1934 through to his retirement in 1970. Following his death in 1981, his widow Anne Kutka McCosh donated over a thousand of his works and other art-related materials to the University of Oregon. Included were personal letters, sketch books, and audio interviews with other artists. There was also a 1977 interview of the couple themselves. Some of this material was turned into an essay, ''The Making of David McCosh''. Other essays about McCosh include ''The Night Drawings of David McCosh'', ''Learning to Paint is Learning to See'' and ''David McCosh / Entanglements.''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCosh, David 1903 births 1981 deaths Date of birth missing Date of death missing American art educators Artists from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Artists from Eugene, Oregon School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni School of the Art Institute of Chicago faculty 20th-century American painters University of Oregon faculty