Egon Schiele: Drawings and water-colours

by Egon Schiele, Erwin Mitsch

English, German (translation)

Genres: Art

120 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1976

About the author

Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter, a protégé of Gustav Klimt, and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Schiele's body of work is noted for the intensity and the large number of self-portraits he produced. The twisted body shapes that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings make the artist a notable exponent of Expressionism. The most important collection of Schiele's work is housed in the Leopold Museum, Vienna.

Reviews

[Noelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just finished reading this little essay about the early work of Schiele. I was pleased to see that plenty of his drawings and water colors are included in this edition. I got the Rizzoli (1976)published book and I have to say that the quality for the price is really good. Usually the art books can have brief description of the popular works from the painter but this one has an except that explains the key relationship between Schiele and his contemporary expressionist friends. The text stays away from the personal conflicts the artist suffered, and empathizes his appreciation of the human body, the color and the blank spaces. If someone with mayor studies about the artist reads the book, they might not find it as good as other works inspired by him, however, I do think it is a good book for new readers on the topic.