Schiele - Taschen

Taschen, 2004, softcover, illustrated, 94 pages, condition: new. 

Expressive nudes and self-portraits, strange movements and morbid colours Egon Schiele (1890-1918) - 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 Schiele's expressive nudes and self-portraits, with their strange movements and morbid colours, 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 artists extraordinary drawing talent.

TASCHENs Basic Art series is the worlds most successful art-book collection, spanning over 200 titles translated into some 20 languages. Founded with an introductory volume on Picasso, this iconic series delivers accessible, high-quality, and affordable monographs of history's most influential artists, architects, and design movements.

Every individual volume in the classic collection follows a precise, dependable structure: Around 100 high-quality, full-colour reproductions with captions. A thorough chronological summary of the subject's life and work. Detailed text mapping out the cultural and historical importance of the artist.