After completing his studies at the Linz Handelsakademie (vocational school), the 17-year-old Koko began to study painting in Linz. In Munich he perfected his style between the years 1910 and 1915 and finally returned to Linz in 1916. However his stay here was cut short as he was soon called up for military service as the First World War was raging.
He had his first exhibition in 1919, after the war had ended. In 1923 he developed lung disease and died of this condition in 1929. Koko was honoured with the Staatspreis (the Austrian State Prize) in 1921.
The Kokoweg (Koko"s Way), a cul-de-sac northwest of the Bachlbergweg, branches off the Pöstlingberg and was named after Koko in 1958.
In 1921 he became a member of the Upper Austrian Artists" Society.
