Oskar Kokoschka: Memorial Exhibition

Artist: Oskar Kokoschka Title: Oskar Kokoschka: Memorial Exhibition Author(s): Johann Winkler Year: 2001 ISBN: 0-89797-215-5  Publisher: Marlborough Gallery, Inc.  Book Format: Softcover, 11 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches, 63 pages, 42 color plates   Oskar Kokoschka (1 March 1886 – 22 February 1980) was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes. He was second child to Gustav Josef Kokoschka, a Czech goldsmith, and Maria Romana Kokoschka (née Loidl). 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 smaller flats, farther and farther from the thriving center of the town. Concluding that his father was inadequate, Kokoschk