Oskar Kokoschka More 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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Artist: Oskar Kokoschka
Ann Eliza Reed - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1952
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Located in Roma, IT
Ann Eliza Reed is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1952.
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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 .
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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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Der Gefesselte Columbus - Rare Book Illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka - 1921
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Located in Roma, IT
Der Gefesselte Columbus is an original modern rare book illustrated by Oskar Kokoschka (Pöchlarn, 1886 – Montreux, 1980) in 1921.
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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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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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