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Oskar Kokoschka Biography
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1886 |
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Born in Pöchlarn, Austria
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1908 |
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Work shown at the Kunstschau exhibition in Vienna
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1908 |
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Published his first book of poetry
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1905 - 1909 |
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Enters the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna, Austria
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1909 |
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Work shown at the second Kunstschau
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1910 |
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Began work at Hewarth Walden’s magazine ‘Der Sturm’
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1914 |
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Enlists in Austro-Hungarian Army
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1916 |
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Severely wounded on the Eastern front and discharged in Vienna
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1917 |
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Settles in Dresden to recuperate
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1919 |
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Teaches at the Academy of Arts in Dresden, Germany
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1924 |
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Dismissed from the Academy of Arts in Dresden, Germany
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1932 |
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Exhibits at the Venice Biennale
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1937 |
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Escapes Nazi persecution as "degenerate" artist Prague, Czechoslovakia
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1947 |
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Emigrates to England and becomes a British citizen
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1952 |
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Taught at the Minneapolis School of Art
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1953 |
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Establishes "The School of Seeing" in Salzburg, Austria
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1962 |
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Honored with a retrospective at the Tate Gallery
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1970 |
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Began writing autobiography, “Mein Leben” (My Life)
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1980 |
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Died February 22nd in Montreux, Switzerland
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1980 |
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Died February 22nd in Montreux, Austria
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1996 - 1997
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Kokoschka und Dresden, Österreichische Galerie and other venues Vienna, Austria
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1994 - 1995
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Kokoschka: Emigrantleben, Kunsthalle Bielefeld Bielefeld, Germany
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1994
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Oskar Kokoschka: Das Frühwerk, Guggenheim Museum and other venues New York, NY
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1992
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Richard Gerstl - Oskar Kokoschka, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1991
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Oskar Kokoschka, Kunstforum Wien Vienna, Austria
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1991
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Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA
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1986 - 1987
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Oskar Kokoschka 1886-1980, Tate Gallery and other venues London, England
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1986 - 1987
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Nov. 25 - Jan. 31, "Oskar Kokoschka and His Time", Galerie St. Etienne, New York
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1986
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Vienna 1900, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1986
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Otto Kallir-Nirenstein: Ein Wegbereiter Österreichischer Kunst, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien Vienna, Austria
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1986
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Vienne 1880-1938, Centre Pompidou Paris, France
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1986
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Viennese Design & the Wiener Werkstätte, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1985
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Traum und Wirklichkeit, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Austria
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1984
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Le Arti a Vienna, Palazzo Grassi Venice, Italy
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1984
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Arnold Schoenberg's Vienna, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1981
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Austria's Expressionism, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1978
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Oskar Kokoschka, Museum of Modern Art Kamakura, Japan
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1971
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Oskar Kokoschka, Národni Galerie Prague, Czechoslovakia
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1969
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Creative Austria - 20th Century, Philadelphia Civic Center Philadelphia, PA
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1957
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German Art of the 20th Century, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1953
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Deutsche Kunst--Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland
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1951
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Oskar Kokoschka, Schloss Charlottenburg Berlin, Germany
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1949
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Oskar Kokoschka, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY
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1945
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Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Neue Galerie Vienna, Austria
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1940
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Oskar Kokoschka, Galerie St. Etienne New York, NY
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1938
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Oskar Kokoschka, Buchholz Gallery New York, NY
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1937
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Degenerate Art, Circulated by the Nazis
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1937
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Oskar Kokoschka, Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie Vienna, Austria
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1928
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Oskar Kokoschka, Leicester Galleries London, England
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1924
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Oskar Kokoschka, Neue Galerie Vienna, Austria
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1914
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Munich Secession Munich, Germany
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1912
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Der Blaue Reiter, Expressionisten, Galerie Der Sturm Berlin, Germany
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1911
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Ausstellung des "Hagenbundes", Vienna, Austria
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1910
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Oskar Kokoschka, Galerie Paul Cassirer Berlin, Germany
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1909
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Internationale Kunstschau, Vienna, Austria
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1908
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Kunstschau, Vienna, Austria
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