Egon Schiele : portraits / edited by Alessandra Comini ; with preface by Ronald S. Lauder ; foreword by Renée Price, and essays by Christian Bauer [and five others]
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 produ...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Munich : New York :
Prestel ; Neue Galerie,
2014.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog an exhibition held at Neue Galerie, New York, October 9, 2014-January 19, 2015. |
| Physical Description: | 295 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783791354194 3791354191 |