Leon Koen

Leon Koen (; 1859–1934) was a Serbian painter. Despite participating in major exhibitions, only a fraction of his works are known to survive.

Biography Leon Koen was born to a Sephardi Jewish family of merchants Aaron and mother Sarah, in Belgrade, Principality of Serbia. In 1884, he enrolled in a preparatory course at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts, and the following year he received a state scholarship from Kingdom of Serbia and enrolled in the Academy, whose alumni include Đorđe Krstić and Stevan Aleksić.

In 1889, he exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, and six years later at the Venice Biennale. In 1896 he was awarded the silver medal for painting "Joseph's Dream" by the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. He frequently painted works inspired by history of Serbia and nature.

One year after Koen's death a grand retrospective was held at the Cvijeta Zuzorić Art Pavilion in Kalemegdan. The exhibition featured 63 works.

He was in correspondence and associated with Nadežda Petrović, Vasily Kandinsky and Franz Stuck. Only fifteen of Koen's paintings survive.