For Kokoschka dynamic brush marks were an essential characteristic of Expressionism. His models should be in constant movement. He did not wish to sketch merely the body,
but the body in movement. Animals were ideal subjects for him because they do not pose. Kokoschka painted this mandrill in the London Zoo., Kokoschka painted the mandrill in London Zoo. In his painting he emphasizes the wild, untamed nature of the animal, in a sense giving it back its freedom. Nothing in this painting makes you think of small cages and thick bars. ‘When I was painting him, I saw [that] this is a wild, isolated fellow, almost like a mirror image of myself. Someone who wants to be alone.’
Specifications
| Title | The Mandrill |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 102 cm Height 127 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Schilder:
Oskar Kokoschka
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| Accession number | 2338 (MK) |
| Credits | Aankoop / Purchase: 1950 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1950 |
| Age artist | About 40 years old |
| Internal exhibitions |
Een prikkelcollectie (2000) The Collection Enriched (2011) Oskar Kokoschka - Mensen en beesten (2013) Boijmans Ahoy, drive-thru museum (2020) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Austria > Western Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | London > England > Great Britian > United Kingdom > Northern Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Oskar Kokoschka
Pöchlarn 1886 - Montreux 1980
Oskar Kokoschka was born in Austria in 1896 to a Czech family. During his studies in Vienna one of his teachers was the famous artist Gustav Klimt, who...
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