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Egon Schiele. The Paintings. 40th Ed.
30Disponibilità: DisponibileA un secolo dalla morte, Egon Schiele continua a sbalordire per le linee distorte, i corpi deformati e la carica erotica delle sue opere. Corredata di commenti di esperti e scritti privati di Schiele, questa monografia XXL contiene quasi 600 illustrazioni e presenta il catalogo completo dei dipinti realizzati dall’artista tra il 1909 e il 1918.
Copertina rigida, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.45 lb, 512 pagine
Egon Schiele. The Paintings. 40th Ed.
30From Rebellious to Revered
Obsessive, radical, disturbing: Egon Schiele
After Egon Schiele (1890–1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model Gustav Klimt, he had just ten years to inscribe his signature style into the annals of modernity before the Spanish flu claimed his life. Being a child prodigy quite aware of his own genius and a passionate provocateur, this didn’t prove to be too big a challenge.
His haggard, overstretched figures, extreme depiction of sexuality and self-portraits, in which he staged himself with emaciated facial expressions bordering between brilliance and madness, had none of the decorative quality of Klimt’s hymns of love, sexuality and yearning devotion. Instead, Schiele’s work spoke of a brutal honesty, one that would upset and irreversibly change Viennese society.
Although his works were later defamed as “degenerate” and for a time were almost forgotten altogether, they influenced generations of artists—from Günter Brus and Francis Bacon to Tracey Emin. Today, his then misunderstood oeuvre continues to fetch exorbitant prices on the international art market.
This monograph features the paintings and drawings that retrace the fertile last decade of Schiele’s life. These works are accompanied by essays introducing his life and oeuvre, situating the Austrian master in the context of European Expressionism and charting his extraordinary legacy.
His haggard, overstretched figures, extreme depiction of sexuality and self-portraits, in which he staged himself with emaciated facial expressions bordering between brilliance and madness, had none of the decorative quality of Klimt’s hymns of love, sexuality and yearning devotion. Instead, Schiele’s work spoke of a brutal honesty, one that would upset and irreversibly change Viennese society.
Although his works were later defamed as “degenerate” and for a time were almost forgotten altogether, they influenced generations of artists—from Günter Brus and Francis Bacon to Tracey Emin. Today, his then misunderstood oeuvre continues to fetch exorbitant prices on the international art market.
This monograph features the paintings and drawings that retrace the fertile last decade of Schiele’s life. These works are accompanied by essays introducing his life and oeuvre, situating the Austrian master in the context of European Expressionism and charting his extraordinary legacy.
L'editore e autore
Tobias G. Natter è celebre come esperto di arte viennese al volgere del secolo. È stato curatore al Belvedere di Vienna, ha diretto il Vorarlberg Museum di Bregenz e il Leopold Museum di Vienna. Nel 2014 ha fondato Natter Fine Arts, società specializzata nella valutazione di opere d’arte e nella concezione e organizzazione di esposizioni. Tra le sue numerose pubblicazioni citiamo Gustav Klimt. Tutti i dipinti e Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909–1918.
Egon Schiele. The Paintings. 40th Ed.
Copertina rigida, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.11 kg, 512 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-8123-3
Edizione: SpagnoloISBN 978-3-8365-8124-0
Edizione: FranceseISBN 978-3-8365-8125-7
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Geile Bücher
10 dicembre 2021
Als Augenmensch und Bücherwurm schätze ich den Taschenverlag seit vielen Jahren. Keiner versteht es so wie Benedikt Taschen, schöne Bücher auch zu abgedrehten Themen zu produzieren und zu platzieren. Am liebsten hätte ich eine Bibliothek nur aus Büchern von Taschen. Weiter so !!!Well-done classics
3 novembre 2021
Lovely review of the short life of this young rebel who later becamse classic. (Not only) For Czechs is intereresting his family relationship to southern Bohemia.Schiele Warts and All
28 ottobre 2021
Beautifully put together. Despite the small format, the book doesn't skimp on quality and information. A real and un-idealised insight into this artist