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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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Polperro II

Oskar Kokoschka
1939

Ambassador Ivan Maisky

Oskar Kokoschka
1942–3

[no title]

Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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Oskar Kokoschka
1954
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The Crab

Oskar Kokoschka
1939–40
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Time, Gentlemen Please

Oskar Kokoschka
1971–2

Study for ‘Time Gentlemen Please’

Oskar Kokoschka
c.1971

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Letter from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin

Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin
12 May 1958
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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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Letter from Oskar Kokoschka to J.P. Hodin

Oskar Kokoschka, recipient: Dr J. P. Hodin
25 March 1973
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Oskar Kokoschka’s palm prints

Oskar Kokoschka
[c.1956]
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