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The Bride of the Wind (Die Windsbraut) (or The Tempest) is a 1913-1914 oil on canvas painting by Oskar Kokoschka. It is housed in the Kunstmuseum Basel. Kokoschka’s best known work it is an allegorical picture featuring a self-portrait by the artist lying alongside his lover Alma Mahler. Kokoschka met Mahler then recently widowed from Gustav Mahler in 1912. A passionate romance ensued with the artist producing numerous drawings and paintings of Mahler.

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Oskar Kokoschka
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Kunstmuseum Basel

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