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Which mythological subjects did Oskar Kokoschka paint in the 1950s?
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Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka, from a German postage stamp, c. 1986.
In the 1950s, the Austrian painter Oskar Kokoschka created two significant mythological trilogies:
- The Prometheus Saga: Completed in 1950, this series represented his first major foray into mythological compositions.1
- Thermopylae: Completed in 1954, this work served as his second mythological trilogy.1