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Kokoschka

American  
[koh-kawsh-kah] / koʊˈkɔʃ kɑ /

noun

  1. Oskar 1886–1980, Austrian painter and dramatist.


Kokoschka British  
/ koˈkɔʃka, ˈkɔkɔʃka /

noun

  1. Oskar (ˈɔskar). 1886–1980, Austrian expressionist painter and dramatist, noted for his landscapes and portraits

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He also had a headful of Wagner and of his flamboyantly lofty and raunchy librettist, the Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2020

His self-portrait was lent to the 1938 exhibition by Emil Korner, an economics professor with whom Kokoschka had sought refuge in Czechoslovakia, before Korner himself was forced to emigrate to Zurich.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2018

She would give him sherry, and tell stories about Oskar Kokoschka, Sigmund Freud, and other friends or admirers.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 11, 2016

Guests can visit the galleries featuring Viennese work by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka alongside decorative arts, and fine art from German movements like the Bauhaus and the Blaue Reiter.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

One of Europe's biggest modern art collections includes works by major Austrian artists such as Oskar Kokoschka and Hermann Nitsch and international names including Gerhard Richter, Sam Francis and Anish Kapoor.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2014