Oscar Kokoshka, one of the most famous representatives of expressionism, studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and worked in the Association of Applied Artists “Vienna Workshop” when the architect A. Loos persuaded him to turn to painting.
The artist’s first works, mostly portraits, are performed in a peculiar nervous manner, the characters are given sharp psychological characteristics. Later, Kokoshka turned to evangelical subjects, but the personal attitude of the master violated the traditional iconography, saturated it with modern details and special symbols. After the First World War, to which the artist volunteered, his painting acquired gloomy character.
In 1920-1930 he traveled a lot. During the campaign conducted by the Nazis to combat “degenerative art,” Kokoshka demonstratively created the “Portrait of a degenerate artist.” Later, the artist emigrated to London, where he acted with passionate criticism of totalitarianism. His postwar painting is distinguished by bright, joyful tones.
The artist was especially interested in the landscape. The best work among those created in this period is “Landscape in Montana”. Other famous works: “View of Salzburg”. 1950. New Pinakothek, Munich; “Adolf Loos.” 1909. National Gallery, Berlin.
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