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A strange, life-size doll is at the center of one of the Modern era's most bizarre love affairs - between Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler.
Feb 17, 2015 · In 1918, when Alma Mahler left Oskar Kokoschka, he insisted on having a life-size doll made to remember her.
In this photograph, a full body nude drawing of Alma by Kokoschka hangs pinned to the wall in the background, while the life-size manikin itself clutches in its hand a small doll, presumably of the more typical variety made by Moos. Two copies of each photograph are known to exist.
Apr 22, 2020 · Unable to forget his muse and lover, in July 1918 Kokoschka ordered a life-size doll from the Munich doll-maker Hermine Moos as a substitute for his lost love. It was to be made to look exactly like Alma Mahler.
Nov 21, 2018 · Alma Mahler by Oskar Kokoschka, 1912. The love affair gave birth to one of Kokoschka’s most regarded paintings ― The Tempest, also known as The Bride of the Wind ― which features him and Alma lying alongside one another in a loving embrace.
Jan 24, 2022 · Made between July 1918 to March 1919 by German painter and dollmaker Hermine Moos, the doll was commissioned by expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka. Kokoschka intended for his artificial woman to mimic the likeness of his former lover Alma Mahler, and sent Miss Moos detailed instructions and sketches to guide her in the doll’s construction.
Jan 6, 2015 · Alma doll by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). Deemed a degenerate by the Nazis, Kokoschka fled Austria in 1934 for Prague. In Prague his name was adopted by a group of other expatriate artists, the Oskar-Kokoschka-Bund (OKB), though he declined to otherwise participate.
