The unexpected triumph of Oskar Kokoschka at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris

Paris passionately discovered the life and work of Oskar Kokoshcka, the

of Imperial Vienna, whose brush dug and revealed human nature, directly on the skin.

In search of a total art, he never stopped confronting society and himself.

Born on March 1, 1886 in Pöchlarn, not far from Vienna, in Austria-Hungary, he is the portrait painter who probes the soul of his models like a devil.

He is the crazy lover of Alma Malher, the exalted painter who represents her in

(1913), then the disappointed and theatrical lover, to the point of having a doll made by a theater costume designer. in life-size fur, after their acrid separation.

And the fervent European, who died at the age of 93, on February 22, 1980 in Montreux, Switzerland.

All these facets tell the story of the whirlwind that was his life and his century and gave birth to a masterful exhibition, as much by its content, rich in major works and surprising successive periods, as by its unfolding...

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