Edward’s Reviews > Egon Schiele > Status Update

Short but informative introduction to the artist, his personal life, development as a painter, and his reception by his contemporaries. Some illustrations in text are in color but most are not. However, that is not a distraction as the author tries to convey the important aspects of Schiele's style in relation to the influence of Klimt, Kokoschka, and Viennese society during the beginning of the 20th century.

Matter of factly presentation as it relates some of the basic relationships and events in the artist's life.

I'm more interested in the idea behind the art and the culture that it arose from.