Egon Schiele- along with Oskar Kokoschka- is the painter who had the most long-lasting influence on the Vienna art scene after the great era of Klimt came to a close. After a short flirtation with Klimt's style, Schiele soon questioned the aesthetic orientation to the beautiful surface of the Viennese Art Nouveau with his rough and not easily accessible paintings. Many contemporaries found his expressive nudes and self-portraits, with their strange movements and morbid colors, to be ugly and even morally objectionable- criticism which culminated in criminalizing the painter as "obscene" and resulted in 1912 in an indictment and short jail sentence. However, not even his harshest critics could dispute the artist's extraordinary drawing talent. Includes 80 full-color illustrations, 25 black and white.
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About the Author:
The author: Reinhard Steiner (born 1950) is professor of art history at the University of Stuttgart. His particular areas of interest and expertise include late medieval and Renaissance art as well as the art of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Language Notes:
Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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- PublisherBarnes & Noble Books
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0760726809
- ISBN 13 9780760726808
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
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