Egon Schiele: The Paintings - Couverture rigide

Natter, Tobias G.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3836581256 ISBN 13 : 9783836581257

Editeur : Taschen GmbH, 2020

Synopsis

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, first published in an XL edition, is now available in a slightly abridged, more compact edition to celebrate TASCHEN’s 40th anniversary and 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.

About the series

TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program—now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tobias G. Natter es un experto de renombre internacional en la Viena de 1900. Durante muchos años trabajó en la Galerie Belvedere de Viena (Austria), de la que llegó a ser conservador jefe. Ha sido comisario invitado de la Tate Liverpool, la Neue Galerie de Nueva York, el Hamburger Kunsthalle, el Schirn de Fráncfort del Meno y en el Museo Judío de Viena. Entre los años 2006 y 2011 fue director del Vorarlberg Museum de Bregenz y, entre 2011 y 2013, del Leopold Museum de Viena. En 2014 fundó Natter Fine Arts, especializada en la valoración de obras de arte y el desarrollo de ideas para exposiciones. En TASCHEN ha publicado los libros Gustav Klimt. Obras completas, Art for All. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900 y Egon Schiele. La obra completa 1909-1918.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

With his revolutionary and liberated view of the naked body and sexuality, Egon Schiele emphatically wrote himself into the history of art at the beginning of the last century. Even today, the women and self-portraits painted by the enfant terrible of the Viennese modern age still have an exciting and bold effect. They were all created during the last decade of his short life.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taschen GmbH
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3836581256
• ISBN 13: 9783836581257
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne