Kokoshka - Erotik [cracked]

Kokoschka’s early work often courted scandal because he refused to idealize the human form. In works like Murderer, Hope of Women (1909), a play and subsequent drawings, the interaction between men and women is depicted as a battle.

The defining period of Kokoschka’s erotic and romantic output centers on his relationship with Alma Mahler, the widow of composer Gustav Mahler. Beginning in 1912, their affair was passionate, volatile, and obsessive. Kokoschka was consumed by Alma, viewing her as a divine muse and a source of agonizing inspiration. kokoshka erotik

In Kokoschka’s world, the erotic was never "pretty." It was a wild, expressive energy Kokoschka’s early work often courted scandal because he