Alma Mahler
About this artwork
From 1910 to 1914 Kokoschka painted a remarkable series of portraits which expose the inner life of his sitters. Alma Mahler (1879 - 1964) was the muse of some of the great early-twentieth-century artists. Klimt fell in love with her but was ultimately spurned and the composer Gustav Mahler was her first husband. Kokoschka was her lover after Mahler's death. The artist met Alma Mahler in April 1912 and they immediately embarked upon a turbulent love affair. He painted several portraits of her and a celebrated oil, 'The Tempest', which depicts the couple together on a stormy sea.
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title:Alma Mahler
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date created:About 1913
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:39.20 x 31.50 cm; Framed: 60.80 x 54.50 x 3.40 cm / 2.5 kg
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credit line:Purchased 1987
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accession number:GMA 3037
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Oskar Kokoschka
Oskar Kokoschka
Kokoschka studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vienna from 1905 to 1909, where he also worked for the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops). Although his early work was part of the 'art nouveau' movement in Vienna, he soon developed into Austria's leading expressionist painter,...