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Oskar Kokoschka

1886–1980

[no title] 1954
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Biography

Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expressionist movement.

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Expressionism

Artworks

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  • Polperro II

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1939
  • Ambassador Ivan Maisky

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1942–3
  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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  • [no title]

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1954
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Artist as subject

  • The Crab

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1939–40
  • Time, Gentlemen Please

    Oskar Kokoschka
    1971–2
  • Study for ‘Time Gentlemen Please’

    Oskar Kokoschka
    c.1971

Film and audio

  • Interview

    Who was J.P. Hodin?

Features

  • Tate Etc

    In Focus: Émigré Artists

    Monica Bohm-Duchen

Sketches, letters, etc.

  • Postcard from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin

    Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin
    4 November 1956
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  • Letter from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin

    Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin
    19 October 1964
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  • Card from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin

    Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin
    4 December 1965
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  • Oskar Kokoschka’s palm prints

    Oskar Kokoschka
    [c.1956]
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