Oskar Kokoschka (
March 1,
1886 –
February 22,
1980) was an
Austrian artist,
poet and
playwright of
Czech origin, best known for his intense
expressionistic portraits and landscapes. Kokoschka's early career was marked by intense portraits of
Viennese celebrities. He served in the Austrian army in
World War I and was 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. He had a passionate, often stormy affair with
Alma Mahler, shortly after the death of her infant daughter and her affair with
Walter Gropius. After several years together, Mahler rejected him, explaining that she was afraid of being too overcome with passion. He continued to love her his entire life, and one of his greatest works The Tempest (Bride of the Wind) (at right), is a tribute to her. The poet
Georg Trakl visited the studio while Kokoschka was painting this masterpiece.
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