Oskar Kokoschka

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Oskar Kokoschka

by Karel Vogel
painted plaster head, circa 1924-1939
16 1/2 in. x 7 7/8 in. (420 mm x 200 mm) overall
Purchased, 1994
Primary Collection
NPG 6244

On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery

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  • Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), Artist and writer. Sitter in 5 portraits, Artist or producer of 2 portraits.

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  • Karel Vogel (1897-1961), Sculptor. Artist or producer of 1 portrait.

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Current affairs

After narrowly winning the general election the previous year, Stanley Baldwin calls a vote of confidence at the opening of the new session of Parliament and is defeated. George V invited James Ramsay Macdonald to form a minority Labour government, making him the first Labour Prime Minister.

Art and science

Eric Liddell wins the gold medal at the Olympic games, breaking the record for running the 400 metres in 47.6 seconds. The distance was not in fact his strongest event, but he refused to run the 100 metres because the heats were held on the Sabbath. His story is told in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.

International

After three strokes and several years of illness Lenin dies. Three days later the city of Petrograd is renamed Leningrad in his honour. On coming to power Stalin began the policy of 'socialism in one country' abandoning the traditional hope for international proletarian revolution in order to strengthen Russia internally and independently.

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