{"product_id":"egon-schiele-the-paintings-45th-ed","title":"Egon Schiele. the Paintings. 45th 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\n\u003cp\u003eHis \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tobias G. Natter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67819949490430,"sku":"qai1792581230223","price":26.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/1190\/9118\/files\/egon-schiele-the-paintings-45th-ed_1.jpg?v=1792581234","url":"https:\/\/boldmodus.shop\/products\/egon-schiele-the-paintings-45th-ed","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}