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Doppelbildnis Oskar Kokoschka und Alma Mahler
  • Oskar Kokoschka

  • Doppelbildnis Oskar Kokoschka und Alma Mahler, 1912/13

  • Double Portrait Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler
  • Oil on canvas
  • 100 x 90 cm
  • Acquired in 1976 with support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung, the Kunststiftung of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Folkwang-Museumsverein
  • Inv. G 416
  • © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
  • On view
  • CommentaryIn 1912 Oskar Kokoschka met Alma Mahler, the foster daughter of the Vienna Secessionist Carl Moll and widow of the composer Gustav Mahler. Theirs was a stormy and, in the end, unhappy love affair which lasted until 1914, and was captured in numerous paintings and drawings by the artist. One witness of the two lovers’ conflict-laden passion is this double portrait, in which neither their eye's meet nor their hands touch although they are close together. After separating from Kokoschka in 1915, Alma Mahler married the architect Walter Gropius; later, together with the writer Franz Werfel, she emigrated to the United States in 1940.
  • Obj_Id: 3,361
  • Obj_Internet_S: Highlight
  • Obj_Ownership_S (Verantw):Painting, Sculpture, Media Art
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  • Obj_Creditline_S: Museum Folkwang, Essen, Gemäldesammlung
  • Obj_Title1_S: Doppelbildnis Oskar Kokoschka und Alma Mahler
  • Obj_Title2_S: Double Portrait Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler
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  • Obj_SpareMField01_M (Alle Titel): Doppelbildnis Oskar Kokoschka und Alma Mahler Double Portrait Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler
  • Obj_Dating_S: 1912/13
  • Jahr von: 1,912
  • Jahr bis: 1,913
  • Obj_IdentNr_S: G 416
  • Obj_IdentNrSort_S: G 0416
  • Obj_Classification_S (Objtyp): Painting
  • Obj_Crate_S: 100 x 90 cm
  • Obj_Material_S: Oil on canvas
  • Obj_Technique_S:
  • Obj_SpareSField01_S (Mat./Tech.): Oil on canvas
  • Obj_AccNote_S (Erwerb): Acquired in 1976 with support of the Eugen-und-Agnes-von-Waldthausen-Platzhoff-Museums-Stiftung, the Kunststiftung of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Folkwang-Museumsverein
  • Obj_PermanentLocation_S (Standort): On view
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  • Obj_Rights_S: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024
Commentary
Artists

In 1912 Oskar Kokoschka met Alma Mahler, the foster daughter of the Vienna Secessionist Carl Moll and widow of the composer Gustav Mahler. Theirs was a stormy and, in the end, unhappy love affair which lasted until 1914, and was captured in numerous paintings and drawings by the artist. One witness of the two lovers’ conflict-laden passion is this double portrait, in which neither their eye's meet nor their hands touch although they are close together. After separating from Kokoschka in 1915, Alma Mahler married the architect Walter Gropius; later, together with the writer Franz Werfel, she emigrated to the United States in 1940.