Egon Schiele E-Book

Daniel Coenn

• Herausgeber: Daniel Coenn
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) was an Austrian painter, a protégé of Gustav Klimt and important figurative painter of the early 20th century. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize his paintings and drawings mark the artist as one an earliest exponent of Expressionism. In Schiele’s early years, he was strongly influenced by Klimt and Kokoschka but soon evolved into his own characteristic style. Some critics view Schiele's work as being grotesque, erotic, pornographic, or disturbing, focusing on sex, death, and discovery. Shiele answered to them in that way: “To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life.“

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Egon Schiele

By Daniel Coenn

Foreword by Daniel Coenn

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Foreword

Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) was an Austrian painter, a protégé of Gustav Klimt and important figurative painter of the early 20th century. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize his paintings and drawings mark the artist as one an earliest exponent of Expressionism.

In Schiele’s early years, he was strongly influenced by Klimt and Kokoschka but soon evolved into his own characteristic style.

Some critics view Schiele's work as being grotesque, erotic, pornographic, or disturbing, focusing on sex, death, and discovery.

Shiele answered to them in that way:

“To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life.“

He focused on portraits of others as well as himself.

In his later years, while he still worked often with nudes, they were done in a more realist fashion. Schiele made many drawings, some of which were extremely erotic.

During his short but highly prolific career which ended with his premature death, Schiele created more than three thousand works on paper and approximately three hundred paintings.

Masterpieces

Reclining Semi-Nude with Red Hat

1910, Gouache, watercolor and crayon with white heightening, Private collection

Seated Girl with Raised Left Leg

1911, Gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, Private collection

Two Girls on a Fringed Blanket

1911, Gouache, watercolor gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, 55.9 cm x 36.8 cm, Private collection

Female Torso, Squatting

1912, Watercolor and pencil on paper, Private collection

Seated Young Girl

1910, Gouache, watercolor and pencil with white heightening, Private collection

Girl in Blue Dress

1911, watercolor and pencil on paper, 47.8 x 31.7 cm, Private collection

Kneeling Semi-Nude

1911, Gouache, watercolor, pencil and white heightening on paper, Private collection