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| Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Kallir
Creator: Ivan Vartanian
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 256062
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 496
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0500511160
Dewey Decimal Number: 709
EAN: 9780500511169
ASIN: 0500511160
Publication Date: April 2003
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Product Description
Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele produced a prolific body of work before his early death at the age of twenty-eight in 1918. The oeuvre is comprised of a few hundred oil paintings and thousands of drawings and watercolors. Schiele's oils have often been reproduced and are well recognized. However, limited access to the fragile works on paper and dispersion among several collections have made for an unbalanced representation of his work as a draftsman. This book assembles drawings and watercolors from public and private collections and reproduces work from every year of the artist's career, beginning with the juvenilia and early academic studies. The focus means that work that is rarely reproduced is represented extensively, providing a unique opportunity to study the rapid artistic development of Schiele over the course of his brief twelve-year career. The book is organized chronologically and divided into year-by-year sections. Each section includes a text that discusses the major events in Schiele's life and the interrelation between the artist's drawing and developments in his oil painting. Features a previously unpublished Schiele watercolor and several works that have never been reproduced in color. Over 350 color illustrations.
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Amazing insight into the artist's life and work September 20, 2008
This book provides many clear reproductions of Schiele's preliminary drawings. There are even a few smaller reproductions of some oils. The text is easy to follow and goes chronologically with his work. The only down side is that the pieces are sited in the text and then one has to flip to the page to see them. However, they are grouped by year so you do not have to stray far from the page that you are on. This methold also seems to allow for nice size reproductions. The book is some what small for an art book, but I think the scale of the work allows for it.
Revealing a genius February 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Following the introduction, the book is arranged chronologically; the first chapter covering the years up to 1907 when the artist was seventeen, followed by 1908-1909, with the successive chapters covering a year each up to 1918. The chapters open with about six or seven pages of illustrated text, to be followed by the relevant drawings; there is no bibliography.
A very readable book, the text provides a year by year account of the artist's progress; his family situation and personal life, his education and development as an artist and what influenced him. It is an intelligent and reasoned account.
The vast bulk of the book however is taken up with the drawings and watercolours. All the images are reproduced in full colour, including the monochrome drawings. It contains over three hundred illustrations which, with the exception of those illustrating the text, are presented one to a page, with the a few double page spreads. The printing is excellent and the images appear rich and strong, well conveying the subtle textures evident in the artist's work.
This is a most handsome volume, fairly modest in dimensions, but at nearly 500 pages certainly not in content. It is beautifully produced and presented; the choice of font for the text has quite obviously been given careful consideration, and perfectly complements Schiele's drawings. The images combined with the sensitively written text cannot but draw one to Schiele, and highlight what a tragic loss that he should enjoy such a short life. If anyone has any doubts about the genius of Egon Schile, a little time spent perusing this splendid book will surely put that to rights.
Amazing May 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As an owner of many art books, this one is in the top 20 favorites just because of the quality of the item. The quality of the reproductions, the number of reproductions and the price cannot be beat. This publisher has really put out some nice art books. Lets hope there is more to come!
A unique book April 7, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book that gives the reader a unique opportunity to discover Schiele's art through his works on paper (which, in my opinion, convey a much better idea of the importance of this artist than his paintings). There is a lightness in these works, and, at the same time an urge to express the uneasiness, the anguish that the artist feels towards the outside world, that is very well shown in the book, through countless high-quality reproductions. The text is very sensible and written by the leading authority on Egon Schiele.
Highly recommended.
Shows Schiele's Progression as an Artist January 31, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
There are three things that I liked about this book: (1) great art well reproduced. The colors are well saturated and vibrant. (2) Each section begins with a brief history of the artist's life and points out how his work changed (or didn't) during that period in his life. (3) There are enough illustrations so that you can truly observe his progression and maturation as an artist.
Schiele was clearly enamored by the human figure and he captured its allure and beauty as few have. This is an excellent art book that is also well priced. Highly recommended.
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