Romana
Romana was born into a poor family in a mountainous Austrian province called Styria. She was from a family of ten children, though not all survived. She had to travel down a mountain to go to the village school each day. Her father was an Imperial forester. In Romana's isolated village there was a strong tradition of storytelling and folklore. She also inherited the gift of second sight from her mother and Romana claimed that she could predict the future.
Romana had a large effect on Kokoschka and OK loved his mother very much. She encouraged and prompted him to think of himself as different and indentified him also as clairvoyant.
Click below to see pictures of Romana and OK's childhood family:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74644976@N00/sets/72157594393746676/
Click below for the Kemper Art Museum's image of OK's sketch of his mother, Romana:
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collections/artwork.asp?keyword=Czech&type=Culture&row=1
Romana had a large effect on Kokoschka and OK loved his mother very much. She encouraged and prompted him to think of himself as different and indentified him also as clairvoyant.
Click below to see pictures of Romana and OK's childhood family:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74644976@N00/sets/72157594393746676/
Click below for the Kemper Art Museum's image of OK's sketch of his mother, Romana:
http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collections/artwork.asp?keyword=Czech&type=Culture&row=1
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