Kokoschka House
The Kokoschka House in Pöchlarn , Lower Austria , is the birthplace of the artist Oskar Kokoschka and houses the OK Documentation Center.
Kokoschka's birthplace
Oskar Kokoschka was born on March 1, 1886 in the house at Regensburger Strasse 29 in Pöchlarn.
society
In 1973 the "Association for Research and Documentation of Oskar Kokoschka's Work" was founded under the patronage of Oskar and Olda Kokoschka. The seat of the association was Kokoschka's birthplace. The association's task is to present the artist's life and work and to organize a summer exhibition with a Kokoschka connection, alternating every year. This can be viewed from May to September. Since the association was founded, there have been numerous exhibitions in which primarily the graphic work of the artist was shown. In addition, a collection of graphics , sources and photos on Kokoschka was built up.
Conversion and use
This house where Kokoschka was born was purchased by the municipality of Pöchlarn in 1998 and converted and expanded into a modern gallery with a cultural center in the following years . On September 27, 2002 it was reopened as the Kokoschka House. The OK documentation center is still located here. In addition, exhibition rooms for special exhibitions have been created. The focus is on exhibitions related to Kokoschka or his students. There are also exhibitions of contemporary artists . There is also a library on the upper floor and, if necessary, video films about Kokoschka's life and work are shown. The legal entity for the Kokoschka House, which belongs to the Lower Austrian collections and museums , is the municipality of Pöchlarn.
Property inventory
The exhibition center with approx. 300 m² of exhibition space is located in the courtyard wing. The street section houses the tourist information office for the city of Pöchlarn, a shop and the permanent presentation of Kokoschka's life and work.
literature
- Winkler Johann: "That would mean writing a story that is not true at all." The Oskar Kokoschka documentation in Pöchlarn: Task and Consequences. In: Oskar Kokoschka. Symposium held by the University of Applied Arts in Vienna from March 3 to 7, 1986 on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. Editor: Erika Patka. Ed .: University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Austrian Ludwig Foundation for Art and Science. Friends of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Salzburg, Vienna, 1986, pp. 301–310, fig. 119
- Pöchlarn and Vera Vogelsberger (eds.): Oskar Kokoschka Documentation (on behalf of Oskar Kokoschka Documentation and University of Applied Arts Vienna), Pöchlarn 2006
Other sources
- Brocza Judith: The museums of the Melk district. Diploma thesis to obtain the master’s degree at the humanities faculty of the University of Vienna. Submitted by Vienna, 1989, pp. 96-104
- Pöchlarn. Kokoschka lithographs in Pöchlarn. Complete catalog in preparation. In: Das Waldviertel, 40th (51st) year, H. 3/1991, Horn, Krems, 1991, p. 277 f.
- Pöchlarn. 20 years of Kokoschka documentation. In: Das Waldviertel, 42nd (53rd) vol., H. 3/1993, Horn, Krems, 1993, p. 276 f.
- 20 years of OC documentation Pöchlarn. The "Oskar Kokoschka Documentation Pöchlarn" is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with an anniversary exhibition. In: Lower Austrian Culture Reports, Vienna, June 1993, p. 14 f., 1 fig.
- Pöchlarn. Kokoschka exhibition in Pöchlarn. Is worth seeing. In: Das Waldviertel, 43rd (54th) year, H. 3/1994, Horn, Krems, 1994, p. 323 f., 1 fig.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kokoschka Documentation ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Oskar Kokoschka Documentation Center (accessed on November 4, 2009)
Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 15 ° 12 ′ 22.7 ″ E