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Schiele by Jeanette Zwingenberger; Esther Selsdon; Ashley Bassie is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Egon Schiele’s work is so distinctive that it resists categorisation. Admitted to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts at just sixteen, he was an extraordinarily precocious artist, whose consummate skill in the manipulation of line, above all, lent a taut expressivity to all his work. Profoundly convinced of his own significance as an artist, Schiele achieved more in his abruptly curtailed youth than many other artists achieved in a full lifetime. His roots were in the Jugendstil of the Viennese Secession movement. Like a whole generation, he came under the overwhelming influence of Vienna’s most charismatic and celebrated artist, Gustav Klimt. In turn, Klimt recognised Schiele’s outstanding talent and supported the young artist, who within just a couple of years, was already breaking away from his mentor’s decorative sensuality. Beginning with an intense period of creativity around 1910, Schiele embarked on an unflinching exposé of the human form – not the least his own – so penetrating that it is clear he was examining an anatomy more psychological, spiritual and emotional than physical. He painted many townscapes, landscapes, formal portraits and allegorical subjects, but it was his

Who reads Schiele?

Author

Jeanette Zwingenberger; Esther Selsdon; Ashley Bassie

Publisher

Parkstone International : Made available through hoopla

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781844843770

Category

history

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

4.32 / 5 (139 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14