Oskar kokoschka and alma mahler
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Woman in Blue
In Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century, the young painter Oskar Kokoschka fell in love with Alma Mahler, a well-known salon hostess in Viennese society and widow of the composer Gustav Mahler. The obsessive love that Oskar Kokoschka developed for Alma Mahler within a very short time found expression in paintings, drawings, fans and a mural. He reached the peak of this creative obsession around 1919, when he had a life-size doll modelled on Alma Mahler made by the doll maker Hermine Moos. Woman in Blue (1919) was the first painting to take the doll as its subject and marked a turning point in Kokoschka’s painting style.
For the first time in over 30 years, Kokoschka’s works inspired by Alma Mahler are united in one exhibition. This cycle is both a contemporary testimony and a major expressionist work; it shows the drama of the love affair and tells of its reverberations.
The exhibition is part of the joint project Double portraits – Alma Mahler-Werfel in the Mirror of Viennese Modernism.
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1909. Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
1912. La Giocona. Portrait of Alma Mahler (1879-1964) by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
1912. Double portrait of Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
1913 The Bride of the Wind (Die Windbraut or the Tempest) by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). It is housed in the Kunstmuseum Basel. Kokoschka’s best known work, is an allegorical picture featuring a self-portrait by the artist, lying alongside his lover Alma Mahler (1879-1964). Size: 181 cm x 221 cm.
1913. Alma Mahler (1879-1964) by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. He was born in Pöchlarn, second child to Gustav Josef Kokoschka, a Czech goldsmith, and Maria Romana Kokoschka. His older brother died in infancy in 1887; he had a sister, Berta (born in 1889) and a brother, Bohuslav (born in 1892). Oskar had a strong belief in omens, spurred by a story of a fire breaking out in Pöchlarn shortly after his mother gave birth to him. Kokoschka’s life was not easy mainly due to a lack of financial help from his father. They constantly moved into sma
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[Alma Mahler Plaything Made long for Oskar Kokoschka by Hermine Moos]
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