Egon Schiele /
"Sensitive aesthete and taboo-breaking expressive artist--Egon Schiele already enjoyed his first successes as painter, graphic artist and lyric poet during his lifetime. Shortly before his early death at the age of 28 he came to be seen as Austria's most important artist. Today he occupies...
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Hirmer,
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Publisher Address: | Munich : |
Publication Dates: | [2017] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: |
English German |
Series: |
The great masters of art series
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"Sensitive aesthete and taboo-breaking expressive artist--Egon Schiele already enjoyed his first successes as painter, graphic artist and lyric poet during his lifetime. Shortly before his early death at the age of 28 he came to be seen as Austria's most important artist. Today he occupies a key position as a pioneer of Modernism. The author, who is intimately acquainted with Schiele's oeuvre, uses important works from all phases of the artist's life to introduce a man who can entrance the beholder with emotional themes and technical brilliance in equal measure"--Back cover. |
Carrier Form: | 79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: |
9783777428529 3777428523 |
Index Number: | N6811 |
CLC: | J205.521 |
Call Number: | J205.521/L587 |