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* [[underline]] OSKAR KOKOSCHKA [[/underline]] 
"Born in Austria, 1886. He has worked at different periods in such different manners that many enthusiasts for his early work can see little of value in his later. Under Klimt's inspiration, he developed his first style of sensitive almost neurotic refinement. Gradually this nervous style gave way to heavier pigments and more solid drawing although the distracted feverish feeling in his work continued. By 1920, Kokoschka's reputation as the typical post-war German expressionist, had spread over Europe." 

Kokoschka is said to be represented by paintings in the museums of fifteen or more European and American cities. 

* [[underline]] GEORGE KOLBE [[/underline]] 
"Born 1877 in Saxony. Kolbe's great knowledge, his virtuosity in modelling, his inventiveness in posing his figures, are admirable qualities. But equally important are the mild and gracious spirit, the untroubled tenderness with which he repeats his variations upon the theme of youth or maiden. Kolbe is one of the most popular of living sculptors and one of the most prolific. His bronzes are in at least twenty-six German and nine foreign museums, including Denver; Detroit; Chicago; The Hague; Manchester; Rome; Rotterdam and Stockholm." 

[[underline]] KAETHE KOLLWITZ [[/underline]] 
German - born in 1867. After winning many prizes in Germany, the artist was awarded the Prussian Order of Merit in 1928. She became known as an "Artist of the People." 

Concerning her, Mr. Francis Henry Taylor's foreword to 1933 Worcester Art Museum Exhibition states: "One of the most powerful and vivid artists at work at the present time." 

In the Museum of Modern Art's "Art in our Time" (1937) Catalogue, she is described as "the greatest living woman graphic artist." 

[[underline]] ALFRED KUBIN [[/underline]] 
Austrian - born in 1877. Kubin counts among the greatest illustrators of modern times. His art is different and has raised great admiration in the art world. It is said that his style influenced his whole generation. Kubin's works are represented in all the important graphic collections the world over. In 1937, The Albertina in Vienna (most important graphic collection in the World) did Kubin the honor of exhibiting his works and thereby showing for the first time in its history the work of a living artist.