Erotik - Kokoshka

Oskar Kokoschka is a fascinating figure in art history, particularly when discussing his approach to the erotic. His work moves away from the decorative, idealized beauty of the earlier Viennese Secession (like Gustav Klimt) toward something much more raw, psychological, and visceral.

He used "psychic" lines that seemed to trace the internal blood flow and nervous tension of his subjects rather than their skin. The Human Animal: kokoshka erotik