Oskar Kokoschka Art
Austrian, 1880-1980
Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. He was second child to Gustav Josef Kokoschka, a Czech goldsmith, and Maria Romana Kokoschka (née Loidl). His older brother died in infancy in 1887; he had a sister, Berta (born in 1889) and a brother, Bohuslav (born in 1892). Oskar had a strong belief in omens, spurred by a story of a fire breaking out in Pöchlarn shortly after his mother gave birth to him. Kokoschka’s life was not easy mainly due to a lack of financial help from his father. They constantly moved into smaller flats, farther and farther from the thriving center of the town. Concluding that his father was inadequate, Kokoschka drew closer to his mother.
Among Kokoschka’s early works were gesture drawings of children, which portrayed them as awkward and corpse-like. Kokoschka had no formal training in painting and so approached the medium without regard to the “traditional” or “correct” way to paint. The teachers at Kunstgewerbeschule helped Kokoschka gain opportunities through the Wiener Werkstätte or Viennese Workshops. Kokoschka’s first commissions were postcards and drawings for children. Kokoschka said that it gave him “the basis of [his] artistic training”.[1] His early career was marked by portraits of Viennese celebrities, painted in a nervously animated style.
He volunteered for service as a cavalryman in the Austrian army in World War I, and in 1915 was seriously wounded. At the hospital, the doctors decided that he was mentally unstable. Nevertheless, he continued to develop his career as an artist, traveling across Europe and painting the landscape.(Biography provided by Marlborough New York)
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Propylaea II, from: Homage to Hellas Volume II
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in London, GB
OSKAR KOKOSCHKA 1886-1980
Pochlarn 1886-1980 Schweinfurt (Austrian)
Title: Propylaea II, from: Homage to Hellas Volume II Propylaen II, aus der Serie Bekenntnis zu Hellas II, 1961...
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1660s Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
1972 Olympic Poster by Oskar Kokoschka
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in London, GB
This original vintage poster by Oskar Kokoschka is from the 1972 Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany. Posters were important for the marketing of this event, the XX Olympiad, which...
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1970s German Modern Vintage Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist art...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist art...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar ...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
“Rider and Sailboat”
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Southampton, NY
Original colored lithograph postcard after tempera design by Oskar Kokoschka. 1907/1908. Condition is excellent. Published by the Wiener Werkstaette. Unframed. Comes with the orig...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Affiche Polychrome - Oscar Kokoschka - Exposition Au Kunsthaus - Circa 1986
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Large polychrome poster for the Oskar Kokoschka exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich from 5 September to 9 November 1986.
Very fine colour print pasted on panel.
Period : XXth centu...
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20th Century Austrian Other Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper
Kürbis (Pumpkin)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Kürbis (Pumpkin), 1972
Color lithograph, edition of 150
29 7/8 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm)
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1970s Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Tubutsch - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1911
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Tubutsch is an original modern rare book written by Albert Ehrenstein (Wien, 1886 – New York, 1950) and illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1911.
Or...
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1910s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper, Lithograph
Selbstbildnis
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce color lithograph with strong colors. Signed and numbered 13/90 in pencil. Printed by Christian Kruck, Frankfurt am Main...
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1950s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Color, Lithograph
Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08.
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08. Color lithograph printed on smooth card stock. Full margins. Tipped into a later presentaion folder, signed by the artist in pencil, on the recto. Published by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, with the printed postcard text on verso. Among Kokoschka's earliest prints were a series of 14 postcards, the current work and the following lot that he produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Wingler/Welz 4.
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Ann Eliza Reed - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1952
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Ann Eliza Reed is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1952.
Original Edition.
Published by Maximilian Geselschaft, Hamb...
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1950s Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper, Lithograph
Die Traumende Knaben - Lithographs by Oskar Kokoschka - 1908
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Die Traumende Knaben is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1908 .
Original First Edition.
Published by Wiener Werkstä...
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Early 1900s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Der Gefesselte Columbus - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1921
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Der Gefesselte Columbus is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1921.
Original 2nd edition.
Published by Fritz Gurlitt V...
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1920s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper, Lithograph
Mörder Hoffnung der Frauen - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1916
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Mörder hoffnung der frauen (Murderer, Hope of Women) is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1916.
Original deluxe editio...
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1910s Expressionist Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Etching, Paper
Tubutsch - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1919
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Tubutsch is an original modern rare book illustrated by by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 - Villeneuve, 1980) and written by Albert Ehrenstein (Wien, 1886 – New York, 1950) in 1919....
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1910s Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Paper
Animal Grazing - 1950s - Oskar Kokoschka - Modern Art
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
This beautiful drawing is hand-signed and dated.
Image Dimensions : 14 x 22.5cm
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1950s Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Color Pencil
Bucolic Scene - 1930/40s - Oskar Kokoschka - Pencil Drawing
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Bucolic Scene is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by the Austrian master Oskar Kokoschka, with monogram and autograph ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Color Pencil
Painter and Model - Oskar Kokoschka - Original Lithograph 1959
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 43 x 40 cm.
Painter and Model is an original burnt-Sienna color lithograph on paper, realized in 1959 by the Austrian Expressionist master Oskar Kokoschka (1886-19...
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1950s Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
SELBSTBILNIS VON ZWEI SEITEN ALS MALER (SALON WOLFSBERG).
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in Portland, ME
Kokoschka, Oskar. SELBSTBILNIS VON ZWEI SEITEN ALS MALER (SALON WOLFSBERG). Lithographed poster in colors, 1923. 48 7/8 x 34 1/2 inches, 1252 x 882 mm. Poster for a gallery exhibitio...
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1920s Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Genfer Seelandshaft
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Oskar Kokoschka
Genfer Seelandschaft, 1972
color lithograph, ed. of 150
22 1/4 x 30 in. (56.5 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Modern Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Statue of Liberty I
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph
Edition of 75
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1960s Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
Pheasant
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 150
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1970s Oskar Kokoschka Art
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Lithograph
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