Else Kupfer

1911

Oskar Kokoschka1886 Pöchlarn – 1980 Montreux
We have 12 artworks by Oskar Kokoschka online.
We have 1824 paintings online.
The actress Else Kupfer appeared 1905-1910 and 1912 in productions by Max Reinhardt at the Deutsches Theater and at the Kammerspiele in Berlin. Kokoschka probably painted her in January or February 1911 in Vienna. Franz Marc and Wassily Kandinsky reproduced the painting in 1912 as an example for the new portrait painting in the almanac 'Der Blaue Reiter'.
Also known as
Portrait of Else Kupfer Portrait d’Else Kupfer Bildnis Else Kupfer [historic]
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 90 x 71.5 cm
Inventory number
2161
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, 1930