Product Description

This intimate glimpse of Kokoschka's sensual drawings selects some of the most compelling examples of the artist's erotic works.

Although he is best known for his Expressionist portraits and landscapes, Oskar Kokoschka was a passionate painter of women. His portrait of his lover Alma Mahler, The Tempest (Bride of the Wind) is one of his most famous works. This intimate book explores Kokoschka's experiments with watercolor. The artist's disdain for the stilted, academic sketching of posed models is exhibited in the spontaneous renderings he made of people he randomly invited into his studio. Kokoschka's models are notably uninhibited, a tribute to his ability to elicit freedom and movement from them. Printed in muted colors and on the finest matte stock, the sketches and drawings here are presented simply and elegantly. A brief biography of the artist enhances the overall sublime experience--a treat for the senses and the intellect.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1268738 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-30
• Original language: German
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 64 pages

Review
'The books give a sense of watching the artist at work, following their trains of thought and attempts to marry the concepts of Eros and sexuality. Each book offers perfect examples of the characteristic styles of each artist as well as exhibiting a remarkable distinction in their differing approaches to the given subject'The Art Commerce Journal, April 2007

About the Author

Norbert Wolf is an art historian and the author of several books, including The World of the Saints, and numerous titles in the Erotic Sketchbooks series, including Klimt, Schiele, Rodin, Picasso and Rembrandt (all by Prestel).

Customer Reviews

Erotic?
I purchased this book based on the description: that it is a series of erotic sketches. In reality, it's a collection of figure drawings, with a few suggestive sketches mixed in. Ironically, the most interesting of the group are the more cryptic, scribbled drawings, which appear to be the artist and a lover embracing.
If you're looking for true artistic erotica, you may want to try the book on Picasso offered by this publisher.