{"product_id":"egon-schiele-the-paintings-40th-ed-9783836581257","title":"Egon Schiele. the Paintings. 40th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter \u003cstrong\u003eEgon Schiele\u003c\/strong\u003e (1890-1918) freed himself from the shadow of his mentor and role model \u003cstrong\u003eGustav Klimt\u003c\/strong\u003e, he had just ten years to inscribe his signature style into the \u003cstrong\u003eannals of modernity\u003c\/strong\u003e before the Spanish flu claimed his life. Being a child prodigy quite aware of his own genius and a \u003cstrong\u003epassionate provocateur\u003c\/strong\u003e, this didn't prove to be too big a challenge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His \u003cstrong\u003ehaggard, overstretched figures\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eextreme depiction of sexuality\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eself-portraits, \u003c\/strong\u003e in which he staged himself with emaciated facial expressions \u003cstrong\u003ebordering between brilliance and madness\u003c\/strong\u003e, had none of the decorative quality of Klimt's hymns of love, sexuality and yearning devotion. Instead, Schiele's work spoke of a \u003cstrong\u003ebrutal honesty\u003c\/strong\u003e, one that would upset and irreversibly change Viennese society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Although his works were later defamed as \"degenerate\" and for a time were almost forgotten altogether, they \u003cstrong\u003einfluenced generations of artists\u003c\/strong\u003e--from \u003cstrong\u003eGünter Brus\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Bacon\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong\u003eTracey Emin\u003c\/strong\u003e. Today, his then misunderstood oeuvre continues to fetch exorbitant prices on the international art market. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This monograph features \u003cstrong\u003ethe paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e and\u003cstrong\u003e drawings\u003c\/strong\u003e that \u003cstrong\u003eretrace the fertile last decade of Schiele's life\u003c\/strong\u003e. These works are accompanied by essays introducing his life and oeuvre, situating the Austrian master in the context of European Expressionism and charting his extraordinary legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatter, Tobias G.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tobias G. Natter is an internationally acknowledged expert on art in \"Vienna around 1900.\" For many years he worked at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, latterly as head curator. He also worked as guest curator at the Tate Liverpool, the Neue Galerie New York, the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Schirn in Frankfurt am Main, and the Jewish Museum in Vienna. From 2006 to 2011, he directed the Vorarlberg Museum in Bregenz, and from 2011 to 2013 was director of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. In 2014 he founded Natter Fine Arts, which specializes in assessing works of art and developing exhibition concepts. He is the author of TASCHEN's Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings, Art for All. The Colour Woodcut in Vienna around 1900 and Egon Schiele. The Complete Paintings 1909-1918.","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50610820972818,"sku":"9783836581257","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d0c8a1f-48e6-4b9e-b699-20e5f1c412d5.jpg?v=1732349639","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/egon-schiele-the-paintings-40th-ed-9783836581257","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}