Bride of the Wind - Oskar Kokoschka
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Description
Oskar Kokoschka's "Bride of the Wind" is an Expressionist masterpiece depicting the artist and Alma Mahler in a swirling vortex of emotion. Painted with energetic brushwork and a cool colour palette, it captures the intensity and turmoil of their relationship.
Oskar Kokoschka's "Bride of the Wind" (also known as "The Tempest") is a seminal work of Expressionism, painted between 1913 and 1914. It captures the artist's turbulent relationship with Alma Mahler, widow of Gustav Mahler, during their intense affair. The painting is not a literal portrait but rather a psychological exploration of love, anxiety, and emotional turmoil. Kokoschka enlisted in the army shortly after completing this work. The composition depicts Kokoschka and Mahler intertwined in a swirling vortex of blues and greens. Their bodies are rendered with distorted, elongated forms, reflecting the emotional intensity of their connection. The brushwork is energetic and agitated, contributing to the overall sense of unease and instability. The colour palette is dominated by cool tones, with flashes of white and pale yellow highlighting the figures' faces and bodies. The turbulent background suggests a storm or tempest, mirroring the inner turmoil experienced by the artist. The painting is a powerful expression of human emotion and a significant example of Expressionist art.
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Bride of the Wind - Oskar Kokoschka
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
- Paper sizes: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 and B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) to Large (60×90 cm)
- Frames: black, natural wood, dark wood or white
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Artist Biography
Oskar Kokoschka
He was born in 1886 in Pochlarn, Austria. He was shot through the head in Ukraine and bayoneted in the chest in Russia. He survived both.
After the war, he commissioned a Munich dollmaker named Hermine Moos to create a life-size replica of Alma, sending detailed instructions about the feel of her skin and the weight of her body. Moos covered the figure in feathers instead. Kokoschka eventually staged a public execution: he decapitated the doll and smashed a bottle of wine over its head on his lawn. The police arrived the next morning, thinking he had murdered a woman.
The Nazis declared him a degenerate artist. He fled Czechoslovakia for London after the Munich Agreement and became a British citizen in 1947. His Expressionist portraits are among the most psychologically penetrating of the twentieth century: raw, agitated surfaces that seem to expose the sitter's interior state. He lived to ninety-four.
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