Philip Koch
Philip Koch (rhymes with "watch"), has been showing his paintings
at Alpers Fine Art for nearly 20 years.
Scroll down to read about him.
at Alpers Fine Art for nearly 20 years.
Scroll down to read about him.
Archive of Philip Koch's sold paintings (in development)
Philip Koch is well known for his colorful, panoramic landscapes.
Less known is that he was originally an abstract artist. A pivotal event
for him was seeing the work of Edward Hopper. It inspired him, early in
his career, to change to painting in a realist direction.
Koch has been given unprecedented access to Hopper’s studio on
Cape Cod, enjoying 19 residencies there since 1983, an honor granted
to no other living American artist.
Sixteen American art museums hold Koch’s work in their permanent
collections. He has had his work featured in seventeen solo museum
exhibitions, and hundreds of gallery shows. This May (2022), the Ogunquit
Museum of American Art in Maine will hold an exhibition of his landscapes.
He is an emeritus professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Koch’s grandfather was the inventor of the original Kodachrome color-
film process. Philip is also the great-grandson of John Wallace, the Scottish
landscape painter.
Less known is that he was originally an abstract artist. A pivotal event
for him was seeing the work of Edward Hopper. It inspired him, early in
his career, to change to painting in a realist direction.
Koch has been given unprecedented access to Hopper’s studio on
Cape Cod, enjoying 19 residencies there since 1983, an honor granted
to no other living American artist.
Sixteen American art museums hold Koch’s work in their permanent
collections. He has had his work featured in seventeen solo museum
exhibitions, and hundreds of gallery shows. This May (2022), the Ogunquit
Museum of American Art in Maine will hold an exhibition of his landscapes.
He is an emeritus professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Koch’s grandfather was the inventor of the original Kodachrome color-
film process. Philip is also the great-grandson of John Wallace, the Scottish
landscape painter.
