Date : 2014
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
Portraits (peinture) -- Autriche -- Vienne (Autriche) -- 1900-1945
Classification Dewey : 709.04
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