Egon Schiele: Love and Death

by Jane Kallir and Egon Schiele

Although Egon Schiele died of the Spanish flu in 1918 at the age of 28, he left behind a substantial and controversial oeuvre that will forever mark him as one of Austria's most talented Expressionists. Influenced at first by Gustav Klimt, Schiele soon developed a style of his own, abandoning decorative ornamentation in favor of a highly expressive style. His work, which relates to fundamental aspects of human life--eroticism, sexuality and death--created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775715282
• ISBN13: 9783775715287
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 11.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher