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John Kobal (born Iwan Kobal; 30 May 1940 – 28 October 1991) [ 1][ 2] was an Austrian-born British based film historian responsible for The Kobal Collection, a commercial photograph archive related to the film industry.
The John Kobal Foundation Fellowship is intended to be a transformative opportunity and to offer financial support to enable an artist to move their practice forward in a way they would not otherwise be able to.
John Kobal Kobal was a pre-eminent film historian and collector of Hollywood film photography. The author of over 30 books on film and film photography, he was known for his creative and exuberant personality, as well as his voracious knowledge of the minutiae of film and photography lore.
The John Kobal Foundation was set up to continue the work of its eponymous founder, who lived from 1940–1991. The foundation long divided its efforts between grant-making for photographers and promoting the photography collection that Kobal had amassed, which traces the history of Hollywood from approximately 1916 to the late twentieth century.
Jun 10, 2021 · John Kobal collected images that span the history of Hollywood, including film production stills, portraits, and publicity shots.
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Feb 10, 2022 · The late film historian John Kobal began collecting original film photographs in the 1960s. The assemblage of these photographs, which had been commissioned and circulated by the studios in order to promote their films and stars, remained a passion for Kobal until his death in 1991.
