Oskar KokoschkaAustria, 1886–1980The Duomo, Florence
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After World War II, Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka, traveled across Europe and the United States painting townscapes and portraits. In 1948, Kokoschka traveled to Italy where he painted The Duomo, Florence in September. While the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore, known as the Duomo, or cathedral church, has a façade of red, white, and green marble topped by red brick domes, Kokoschka uses an array of colors to capture the light playing off the exterior marble while also conveying the grandeur of this church; it is so large that it does not fit entirely on the canvas. Of this painting, Kokoschka writes, “My personal contribution to the vogue for cubism. The structure is broken down into hundreds of facets, each with its own colour. This was to show how to go about letting colour rather than geometry determine a picture.”
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A few years after completing The Duomo, Florence, Kokoschka traveled to Minnesota where he was an instructor at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, now the Minneapolis College of Art & Design.
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 64.44.3
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- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Immagine: Minneapolis Institute of Art — © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich
Nella vita di Oskar Kokoschka
Tutta la vita1941–1946
Summers at Elrig with Professor Korner
In 1941–1946 Kokoschka and his wife Oldřiška (“Olda”) spent several weeks each summer at the home of the Czech professor Emil Korner, the House of Elrig in Wigtownshire.
1947
A brief trip to the United States
In 1947 Kokoschka travelled briefly to the United States.
1947
A successful exhibition in Bern
In 1947 an exhibition of Kokoschka’s works was a success in Bern.
21 February 1947
British citizenship
Kokoschka was naturalised as a British subject on 21 February 1947 and regained Austrian citizenship only in 1978.
