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Which cities did Oskar Kokoschka paint in works such as London: Large Thames View and Jerusalem?
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Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka, from a German postage stamp, c. 1986.
Oskar Kokoschka painted the works London: Large Thames View and Jerusalem as part of a series of panoramic cityscapes created during his travels in the 1920s and early 1930s.1
- London: Large Thames View (1926) depicts the city of London.1
- Jerusalem (1929–30) depicts the city of Jerusalem.1
These landscapes, often viewed from a high vantage point, are noted for their lyrical mood and use of light and atmosphere to communicate the artist's emotional response to the scene.1