With his signature graphic style; embrace of figural distortion; and bold defiance of conventional norms of beauty; Egon Schiele was one of the leading figures of Austrian Expressionism. He was an Austrian painter; a proteacute;geacute; of Gustav Klimt and important figurative painter of the early 20th century. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize his paintings and drawings mark the artist as one an earliest exponent of Expressionism. In Schielersquo;s early years; he was strongly influenced by Klimt and Kokoschka but soon evolved into his own characteristic style. He focused on portraits of others as well as himself. In his later years; while he still worked often with nudes; they were done in a more realist fashion. Schiele made many drawings; some of which were extremely erotic. During his short but highly prolific career which ended with his premature death; Schiele created more than three thousand works on paper and approximately 300 paintings.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy David PerkinsHerb Snitzers stories and photos are beautiful; highly recommend this book to anyone into jazz or photography.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Glorious book!By GeorgiaI purchased this book based on the previous review; for a beloved relative who is both a Jazz lover Jazz scholar (I count myself as the former; but not the latter.) He loves it is full of praise for this book; as is his musician wife. The photographs are stunning and the accompanying stories are engaging and entertaining. Lets just say I made lots of "points" with my relative :-)0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great photosBy jane brinkerThis is a fabulous book right up there with many of the otherwonderful photographers that were smart enough to takepictures of the giants of Jazz.
