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The Bride of the Wind

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36: 169: 119:. A passionate romance ensued, with the artist producing numerous drawings and paintings of his muse. The painting depicts Alma in a peaceful sleep beside Kokoschka, who is awake and stares into space. The couple's break-up in 1914 had a profound effect on Kokoschka, whose expressive brushwork grew more turbulent. 35: 240: 206: 108:. Kokoschka's best known work, it is an allegorical picture featuring a self-portrait by the artist, lying alongside his lover 235: 148: 225: 168: 199: 158: 192: 139: 230: 180: 8: 105: 80: 20: 101: 46: 115:
In 1912, Kokoschka first met Alma Mahler, the recently widowed wife of composer
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181 cm × 220 cm (71 in × 87 in)
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visited him almost daily and extolled the painting in his poem
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For the film derived from the life of Alma Mahler, see
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Bride of the Wind

Oskar Kokoschka
Kunstmuseum Basel
Oskar Kokoschka
Kunstmuseum Basel
Alma Mahler
Gustav Mahler
Georg Trakl
Johnson, Ken. Modernity Met With Hope and Despair, The New York Times, July 30, 2009
Grosenick, Uta; Wolf, Norbert. Expressionism, p. 62. Taschen, 2004.

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