Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections

by Price, Renee

• ISBN13: 9783791333908
• ISBN10: 3791333909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-31
• Publisher: Prestel Pub

Summary

"Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. A superb draftsman and colorist, he produced images of startling emotional power. Following the lead of his mentor Gustav Klimt, Schiele created figurative works of uncanny intimacy and brought a new openness to the art of his time. Schiele's death at the age of 28 has added a mythic quality to his artistic achievements." "This publication accompanies the exhibition Egon Schiele: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections, which presents paintings and drawings from the collections of the co-founders of Neue Galerie New York. Together, these collections comprise the finest gathering of works by Schiele in the United States." "Essays examine the artist's reception history in American and Austria, the censorship of his art during and after his lifetime, and the lost Schiele collections. This publication also traces, for the first time, Schiele's enormous influence on contemporary culture."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Note from the editor	p. 12
Egon Schiele and America	p. 14
Discovering Schiele	p. 32
Egon Schiele at face value	p. 42
Otto Kallir and Egon Schiele	p. 46
A personal report	p. 66
Schiele's earliest museum exhibitions in the United States	p. 68
Pilgrimage to Schiele's past : forgotten sites, still-living sitters, and early collectors	p. 72
A scholar's journey : Viennese fin-de-siecle culture comes to 1960s California	p. 102
A legacy forlorn : the fate of Egon Schiele's early collectors	p. 110
Egon Schiele and the Neulengbach affair	p. 140
Plates : paintings and drawings	p. 158
Unsung "heroes" : Schiele as inspiration and influence	p. 328
Schiele and contemporary culture	p. 342
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