Oskar Kokoschka (1886 – 1980) was an Austrian artist who became well known for his Expressionist portraits and landscapes. His portraiture is characterized by exaggeration, bold brushwork, and his attempt to capture his sitter’s psychological state of mind. Kokoschka served in World War I and was seriously injured twice. His experiences on the battlefield inspired many of his paintings, poetry, and plays. During the rise of the Nazi regime, Kokoschka’s paintings were labeled as “degenerate” which eventually forced him to flee from Austria to England. He is considered to be one of Vienna’s leading avant-garde artists.
Paintings by Oskar Kokoschka in Chronological Order:
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| Portrait of Karl Kraus, 1901 | Illustration for ‘Die Traumenden Knaben’, 1908 | Girl with hands raised, 1908 |
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| Robinson, 1908 | Portrait of Commerce Counselor Ebenstein, 1908 | Poster Design for the Jubilee Procession of the Kaiser, 1908 |
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| Adolf Loos, 1909 | Children playing, 1909 | Girl with a Yellow Headband, 1908-1909 |
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| Martha Hirsch, 1909 | Hans Tietze and Erica Tietze-Conrat, 1909 | Veronica’s Veil, 1909 |
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| Child with the hands of a parent, 1909 | Ludwing Ritter von Janikowsky, 1909 | Portrait of Lotte Franzos, 1909 |
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| Bessie Bruce, 1910 | Conte Verona, 1910 | Paul Scheebart, 1910 |
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| The Annunciation, 1911 | The Annunciation, 1911 | Crucifixion (Golgotha), 1912 |
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| Alma Mahler, 1912 | Self-Portrait, 1913 | Self-portrait with a brush up, 1913 |
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| Portrait of a Young Girl, 1913 | Franz Hauer, 1913 | Bride of the Wind, 1914 |
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| Self-Portrait (bust with pen), 1914 | Traveler in a Thunderstorm, 1914 | Dragons over a Flame, 1914 |
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| The Woman Leads the Man, 1914 | The Supplicant, 1914 | Fear and Hope, 1914 |
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| The Last Night, 1914 | Man and Woman on the Road to Death, 1914 | Emil Lowenbach, 1914 |
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| Bodegón with Affair and Rabbit, 1914 | Albert Ehrenstein, 1914 | Portrait of the Composer Anton von Webern, 1914 |
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| Knight Errant (Self-Portrait), 1915 | Princess Mechtilde Lichnowsky, 1916 | Lovers with Cat, 1917 |
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| Orfeus and Euridice, 1917 | Sleeping Woman, 1917 | The Distant Island, 1917 |
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| Couples in Conversation, 1917 | The Sleepers, 1917 | The Awakenings, 1917 |
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| Self-Portrait with Hand by his face., 1919 | Dresden Neustadt, 1919 | Self-Portrait with Doll, 1921 |
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| Mother and Child, 1921 | The Elbe Near Dresden, c.1921 | The Elbe at Dresden, 1922 |
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| Two children, 1922 | Augustus Bridge – Dresden, 1923 | Self Portrait with Crossed Arms, 1923 |
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| Arnonld Schönberg, 1924 | Venice – Boats on the Dogana, 1924 | Amsterdam, 1925 |
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| Adele Astaire, 1926 | Lyon, 1927 | The Morabito of Temacina, 1928 |
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| View of Constantinople, 1929 | Arab Woman and Child, 1929 | View of Prague, 1934 |
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| Charles Bridge, 1934 | Self-portrait of a ‘Degenerate Artist’, 1937 | Polperro II, 1939 |
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| The red egg, 1940-1941 | Loreley, 1941-1942 | Anschluß – Alice in Wonderland, 1942 |
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| Cardinal della Costa, 1948 | Venice Dogana, 1948 | Self-portrait (Fiesole), 1948 |
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| The Rejected Lover, 1966 | Dent du Midi | Dolomite Landscape: Tre Croci |
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| Gitta Wallerstein | The Hunt | OK at Easel |
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| A Girl with Flowers | Flight into Egypt | |
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| Pieta | Portrait of Carl Moll | Still life with a slaughtered lamb |
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| Stockholm Harbour | The Power of Music |