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Oskar Kokoschka (March 1, 1886-February 22, 1980)
was an Austrian artist and poet, best known for
his intense Expressionism|expressionistic
portraits and landscapes. 

Kokoschka's early career was marked by intense
portraits of Vienna|Viennese celebrities. He
served in the Austrian army in World War I and was
wounded; at the hospital, the doctors decided that
he was mentally unstable as well as physically
wounded. Nevertheless, he continued to develop his
career as an artist, travelling across Europe and
painting the landcapes he encountered. He had a
passionate, often stormy affair with Alma Mahler,
shortly after the death of her infant daughter and
her affair with  Walter Gropius. After several
years together, Mahler rejected him, explaining
that she was afraid of being too overcome with
passion. He continued to love her his entire life,
and one of his greatest works Bride of the Wind is
a tribute to her. 

Deemed a degenerate art|degenerate by the
Nazism|Nazis, Kokoschka fled Austria for the
United Kingdom in 1938 and remained there during
the war. He traveled briefly to the United States
in 1947 before settling in Switzerland, where he
died.

==See also==
*List of Austrian artists and architects
*List of Austrians