Oskar Kokoschka

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/oskar-kokoschka

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1. When was Oskar Kokoschka born?March 1, 1886
2. Where was Oskar Kokoschka born?Pöchlarn, Austria
3. What is the career?Prominent artist, poet, playwright, and influential educator
4. What is the artistic movement?Key figure in Viennese Expressionism
5. What kind of art did Oskar Kokoschka create?He painted portraits and landscapes with strong emotion and bold brushwork.
6. Why were Kokoschka's portraits special?He looked inside people’s minds to show their feelings, not just how they look.

Expressionism: An early 20th-century art movement characterized by subjective experience and emotional distortion.
Psychological Portraiture: Art that aims to reveal the inner thoughts, feelings, and personality of the subject.
Viennese Expressionism: A specific branch of Expressionism originating in Vienna, known for its intense psychological focus.
Subjective Experience: An individual's personal perception and interpretation of reality, rather than objective fact.