{"product_id":"egon-schiele-loeuvre-complet-1909-1918-9783836581844","title":"Egon Schiele. l'Oeuvre Complet 1909-1918","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tobias G. Natter\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Taschen\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e His \u003cstrong\u003ehaggard, overstretched figures\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003edrastic 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, eroticism, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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 formerly misunderstood oeuvre continues to fetch exorbitant prices on the international art market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDerived from the best-selling XXL edition \u003c\/strong\u003efor which many works were\u003cstrong\u003e newly photographed\u003c\/strong\u003e, this definitive book retraces \u003cstrong\u003ethe fertile last decade of Schiele's life\u003c\/strong\u003e in nearly \u003cstrong\u003e600 illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e. The \u003cstrong\u003e221 paintings\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e146 drawings\u003c\/strong\u003e are accompanied by \u003cstrong\u003eexcerpts from Schiele's countless writings and poems\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as essays introducing his life and oeuvre, to situate the Austrian master in the context of European Expressionism and trace his extraordinary legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47596209766551,"sku":"9783836581844","price":10450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783836581844.webp?v=1774992885","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/egon-schiele-loeuvre-complet-1909-1918-9783836581844","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}