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A strange, life-size doll is at the center of one of the Modern era’s most bizarre episodes. Its inspiration was the sudden end of an intense love affair between the Expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka and the fascinating Alma Mahler. Born in 1879, Alma Maria Schindler grew up surrounded by the best of Viennese society.
Feb 17, 2015 · The Paris Review - Remembering the Alma Mahler Doll in All Its Creepiness. My Fair Lady. By Sadie Stein. February 17, 2015. Our Daily Correspondent. The doll of dolls: Alma Mahler, or someone near enough? When people know that one has a certain interest—say, dolls—they will very kindly send one stories that they think correspond to the subject.
Artwork Details. Title: [Alma Mahler Doll Made for Oskar Kokoschka by Hermine Moos] Artist: Unknown photographer. Maker: Doll made by Hermine Moos (German, Frankfurt 1888–1928 Munich) Patron: Doll commissioned by Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux)
Apr 22, 2020 · Alma Mahler by Oskar Kokoschka, 1912. The Bride of the Wind or The Tempest, oil on canvas, a self-portrait expressing his unrequited love for Alma Mahler, widow of composer Gustav Mahler, 1914. Kokoschka’s 1919 painting of his doll, Woman in Blue. Self-portrait with Doll, 1920.
Nov 21, 2018 · Oskar Kokoschka’s Alma doll as Venus, 1919. Private Collection. Artist : Moos, Henriette (1890-1941). Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images. In a fit of intoxicated rage, the artist took the doll, seated her on a chair in his garden and spilled wine all over her.
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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 · Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). He commissioned a life-sized female doll in 1918. Although intended to simulate Alma and receive his affection, the gynoid-Alma did not satisfy Kokoschka and he destroyed it during a party. 1918. Alma doll by Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980). Deemed a degenerate by the Nazis, Kokoschka fled Austria in 1934 for Prague.
