Patrick Werkner is an internationally
renowned art historian who founded the Oskar Kokoschka Centre at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in 1996 and served
as Director of the Institute for Art Collection and Archive there from 2004 to 2018. During this period, he also played a
key role in shaping the Oskar Kokoschka Documentation Centre in Pöchlarn. Werkner’s research—particularly on Viennese Modernism—remains
highly influential. His teaching at Austrian universities, as well as his appointments as a visiting professor throughout
Europe and the United States, has left a lasting impact on several generations of students and scholars. He has also made
significant contributions to Vienna’s exhibition landscape as a curator.
Werkner’s publication
Physis und Psyche:
Der österreichische Frühexpressionismus (1986; English edition, 1993) continues to be regarded as a seminal work in the
field. His award-winning research and numerous publications on Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele, including a book published
by Stanford University in 1994, remain authoritative and influential to this day.
An event presented by the Oskar
Kokoschka Centre and the Kokoschka Museum Pöchlarn.
www.kunstsammlungundarchiv.at/oskar-kokoschka-zentrum
oskarkokoschka.at
