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Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka, from a German postage stamp, c. 1986.
During World War II, while living in London, Oskar Kokoschka completed several large canvases on antiwar themes. These works served as an indictment of the powers responsible for the suffering caused by the conflict, rather than focusing on narrow ideological considerations.1
The antiwar paintings he created during this period include:
- The Red Egg (1940–41)
- Anschluss—Alice in Wonderland (1942)
- Loreley (1942)
- Marianne-Maquis (1943)
- What We Are Fighting For (1943)
In addition to these canvases, Kokoschka also designed poignant posters protesting the effects of the Spanish Civil War and World War II on the children of Europe, specifically in 1937 and 1945.1