Egon Schiele. Expression and Pose

Egon Schiele's work combines tradition with a radical departure from that very same tradition. It testifies to his creative innovation that gave rise to an expressive art whose radicalism is astonishingly modern. Schiele creates a brand-new image of the body in which expression and pose play essential parts. By contrast, the pictures he created of nature and his immediate surroundings are steeped in melancholy and symbolism.
This publication explores the many sides of Schiele's personality, from the dramatic events in the short life of this exceptional artist who died at the age of just twenty-eight, to his gift for literature and his undisputed talent for networking within the Viennese art world before and during World War I.