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This book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to portraits
created by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, whose figurative work
exhibits intense emotion and technical brilliance. Egon Schiele
(1890-1918) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth
century. A superb draftsman and colorist, he produced images of
startling emotional power. Following the lead of his mentor, Gustav
Klimt, Schiele created figurative works of uncanny intimacy and
brought a new openness to the art of his time. Schiele's premature
death at the age of 28 has added a mythic quality to his artistic
achievements. Egon Schiele: Portraits focuses on five groupings of
the artist's work: family and academy, fellow artists, sitters and
patrons, lovers, and allegory. In addition, it features a special
section on a traumatic and pivotal period in Schiele's life: his
arrest and imprisonment during the summer of 1912. Documenting the
artist's changing style, both pre- and post-imprisonment, the book
features many key works that have been assembled for this
exhibition from both American and European museums and private
collections.
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