 
Oskar
Kokoschka (1886-1980)
In 1907 Oskar Kokoschka started
to study at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts and worked
for the Wiener Werkstätte. Kokoschka's interests were
not only limited to painting, but also to literature. His
work at that time was considered as extremely violent and
destructive and he was expelled from school. By 1910 he went
to Berlin and worked at the magazine "Der Sturm"
as an illustrator. At the beginning of World War I he volunteered
for the Austrian Army and in 1915 he was seriously wounded,
taking years for his recovery. In 1919 he was appointed professor
at the Dresden Academy of Art. Starting 1932 the political
situation began to leave a harsh influence on the art scene
and in 1939 Kokoschka and his wife moved to England, while
his work was displayed in Munich in a mockery exhibition subject
to Degenerated Art. After the end of World War II he returned
back to Austria and in 1953 he started running his "School
of Seeing" at the Sommerakademie für bildende Künste
in Salzburg.
Famous work: "Adolph
Loos"; "Loreley"; "Stilleben mit Putto
und Kaninchen" |
