Oskar Kokoschka

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Oskar KOKOSCHKA was born in Pöch­larn in 1886. 1905 to 1909 stud­ies at the Vien­na School of Applied Arts. 1907 to 1909 employ­ee of the “Wiener Werk­stätte”. 1908 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the “art show”. 1914 vol­un­teered for the mil­i­tary. 1915 seri­ous wound on the Gali­cian front. In 1919 Kokosch­ka received a pro­fes­sor­ship at the Dres­den Acad­e­my. 1922 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Venice Bien­nale. Task of the Dres­den pro­fes­sor­ship. Numer­ous trips fol­lowed from 1923 to 1930. 1933 return to Vien­na. 1938 emi­grates from Prague to Lon­don. 1947 accep­tance of the Eng­lish cit­i­zen­ship. 1949 first trip to the USA. 1953 co-founder of the “School of See­ing” at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my for Fine Arts in Salzburg. Relo­ca­tion to Vil­leneuve on Lake Geneva.
1975 resump­tion of Aus­tri­an cit­i­zen­ship. Oskar Kokosch­ka died in Mon­treux in 1980.
1954 — first exhi­bi­tion in the Welz gallery.

Oskar KOKOSCHKA was born in Pöch­larn in 1886. 1905 to 1909 stud­ies at the Vien­na School of Applied Arts. 1907 to 1909 employ­ee of the “Wiener Werk­stätte”. 1908 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the “art show”. 1914 vol­un­teered for the mil­i­tary. 1915 seri­ous wound on the Gali­cian front. In 1919 Kokosch­ka received a pro­fes­sor­ship at the Dres­den Acad­e­my. 1922 Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the Venice Bien­nale. Task of the Dres­den pro­fes­sor­ship. Numer­ous trips fol­lowed from 1923 to 1930. 1933 return to Vien­na. 1938 emi­grates from Prague to Lon­don. 1947 accep­tance of the Eng­lish cit­i­zen­ship. 1949 first trip to the USA. 1953 co-founder of the “School of See­ing” at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my for Fine Arts in Salzburg. Relo­ca­tion to Vil­leneuve on Lake Geneva.
1975 resump­tion of Aus­tri­an cit­i­zen­ship. Oskar Kokosch­ka died in Mon­treux in 1980.
1954 — first exhi­bi­tion in the Welz gallery.

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