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Bohuslav Kokoschka

1892–1976

Austrian writer, painter, and graphic artist Bohuslav Kokoschka moved in the same creative world as his more famous brother Oskar, but built a body of work of his own, including novels, dramas, prints, and book illustrations.

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About the author

Born in 1892, Bohuslav Kokoschka was an Austrian artist and writer from the Kokoschka family, the younger brother of Oskar Kokoschka. Sources consistently describe him as active across several forms, especially painting, graphic art, and writing.

He is remembered not only as a visual artist but also as a man of letters. Austrian literary and art references note that he wrote novels and dramas, while museum and artist records connect him with printmaking and book illustration.

Because reliable English-language biographical material on him is fairly limited, many accounts are brief. Even so, the picture that emerges is clear: he was a versatile creative figure in 20th-century Austria, working across image and text rather than staying in a single field.