Oskar Kokoschka Kokoschka was born in P–chlarn, a Danube town, on March 1, 1886. He studied at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts from 1905 to 1908. As an early exponent of the avant-garde expressionist movement, he began to paint psychologically penetrating portraits of Viennese physicians, architects, and artists. Among these works are Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat (1909, Museum of Modern Art, New York City), August Forel (1910, Mannheim Art Gallery, Germany), and Self-Portrait (1913, Museum of Modern Art). …
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…and traveled more than any other artist known at the time. I don’t find his painting or his writings very settling and extremely lacking in depth. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Schroder, Klaus A, et al (October, 1991), Oskar Kokoschka, International Book Import Service, Inc., Austria/NY. Weidinger, Alfred, et al. (September, 1996), Kokoschka and Alma Mahler: Testimony to a Passionate Relationship, International Book Import Service, Austria/NY. Winkler, Johann (August, 1997), Oskar Kokoschka, International Book Import Service, Austria/NY