Title
Egon Schiele : self-portraits and portraits / edited by Agnes Husslein-Arco and Jane Kallir.
ISBN
9783791351094 (trade ed. English)
3791351095 (trade ed. English)
9783791363387 (museum ed.)
3791363387 (museum ed.)
9783791351087 (trade and museum ed.)
3791351087 (trade and museum ed.)
Imprint
Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2011.
Language
English
Description
263 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 33 cm.
Call Number
N6811.5.S34 A4 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
759.36
Summary
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is one of the most important Austrian artists of the twentieth century. This publication, produced to accompany an exhibition in the Belvedere, Vienna, is the first to focus on his portraits and self-portraits. Schiele was influenced by Gustav Klimt during his early career but soon discovered his own mode of expression. By the time of his premature death he had created an impressive oeuvre that concentrates on the depiction of the human figure. In his portraits, Schiele tried to portray his models' state of mind in visual terms, thereby following contemporary developments in psychoanalysis. His numerous self-portraits attest to the fact that the artist embarked on his exploration of human emotions by observing his own personality. Some 100 portraits and self-portraits document Schiele's artistic development and his extraordinary accomplishments as a portraitist. Confrontational and often explicitly erotic, they repeatedly provoked protest by testing the boundaries of traditional portraiture. Largely devoid of props or scenery, they reflect the artist's intensive study of the portrayal of emotional states. Schiele's examination of the self began with his own person: his self-portraits are fascinating glimpses inside the mind of an extraordinarily gifted artist as well as seminal works of originality and deep empathy with the human condition.
Note
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Belvedere, Vienna, 17 February-13 June 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Egon Schiele : self-portraits, "an eternal dream full of life's sweet excess" / Agnes Husslein-Arco and Alfred Weidinger
Attitudes and gestures as reflections of the conception of gender / Alexander Klee
Egon Schiele's image of woman : between saint and whore? / Stephanie Auer
Plates / with short texts by Jane Kallir
Early works (1906-1909)
The expressionist breakthrough (1910-1911)
Coming of age (1912-1915)
Late portraits (1916-1918)
Egon Schiele's letters : "the soul within the body" / Marianne Hussl-Hörmann
Transcriptions of the letters reproduced
Chronology / Jane Kallir.
