Egon Schiele : portraits : [exhibition, New York, Neue Galerie, October 9, 2014-January 19, 2015] / edited by Alessandra Comini ; with preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price ; essays by Christian Bauer, Alessandra Comini, Lori Felton... [et al.]

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Editeur / Publisher : Munich : Prestel , cop. 2014

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-3-7913-5419-4

ISBN : 3-7913-5419-1

EAN : 9783791354194

Schiele -- Egon -- 1890-1918

Portraits (peinture) -- Autriche -- Vienne (Autriche) -- 1900-1945

Classification Dewey : 709.04

Comini, Alessandra (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Lauder, Ronald S. (1944-....) (Préfacier, etc. / author of introd)

Price, Renée (19..-....) (Auteur de la postface, du colophon, etc. / author of afterword, colophon, etc.)

Neue Galerie (New York, N.Y.) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Résumé / Abstract : This book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to portraits created by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, whose figurative work exhibits intense emotion and technical brilliance. Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A superb draftsman and colorist, he produced images of startling emotional power. Following the lead of his mentor, Gustav Klimt, Schiele created figurative works of uncanny intimacy and brought a new openness to the art of his time. Schiele's premature death at the age of 28 has added a mythic quality to his artistic achievements. Egon Schiele: Portraits focuses on five groupings of the artist's work: family and academy, fellow artists, sitters and patrons, lovers, and allegory. In addition, it features a special section on a traumatic and pivotal period in Schiele's life: his arrest and imprisonment during the summer of 1912. Documenting the artist's changing style, both pre- and post-imprisonment, the book features many key works that have been assembled for this exhibition from both American and European museums and private collections