Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors
by Jane Kallir, Ivan Vartanian
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Author: Ivan Vartanian, Jane KallirEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-04
ISBN: 0500511160
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Book Reviews of Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors
Book Review: 494 pages of slick paper, small print, outstanding pictures
Summary: 5 Stars
Drawings can be interesting when they are just bits and pieces, and the rest of the picture is left to the imagination, as colored crayon and charcoal on a rough tan piece of paper (40.2 x 29.7 cm. Kallir D. 344) shows mainly a face and hand appearing on the left side of page 62 far above striped trousers in `Man with headband and Hand on Cheek (Self-Portrait) 1909.' A tiny patch of blue marks the edge of the sleeve just below the hand, and another tiny patch of blue is at the end of the outline of the other sleeve, just in front of the trousers, but the lines between the patches are faint, don't intersect, and imply that his stomach was flat as a board.
Some interesting paper that is slightly more yellow and larger isn't big enough to show the top of his hair, his left hand, or anything below his hips in `Self-Portrait with Arm Twisting Above Head 1910' on pages 4 and 111. One of my favorite Egon Schiele paintings, `Self-Portrait with Hand to Cheek 1910' is shown on page 115. He is pulling his cheek down so hard on one side that his other ear sticks out. Another favorite is `Schiele, Drawing a Nude Model Before a Mirror 1910' on page 135 which clearly shows the model's eyes watching herself in the mirror, while the artist's eyes, looking at himself, are so dark it seems like he can see you. For a drawing done with a pencil, it establishes a perspective that shows great depth, even if one of the model's arms is missing where it approaches the edge of the paper or failed to line up with the rest of the picture.
The picture on the cover is similar to many in the book; a few extra lines and colors don't stay within the outline. `The Artist's Sister-in-Law in Striped Dress, Seated 1917' on page 402 shows stripes over her shoulders and running out from her hips, but the area around her hands is mainly blank. The color of the paper works well for her chin and neck, and the darker paper on page 403, on which she is `Covering Mouth with Hands 1917' is a nice comparison, in which Schiele had a different angle to attempt to capture the chaos in her hair.
The author of this book knows a lot about the art and life of Egon Schiele and the artists that he associated with. The chronological order of the pictures does emphasize the sequence, but almost everything falls in the years 1907 to 1918, and his subjects didn't vary much. `The Truth Unveiled 1913' on page 265 could be called a portrait of the artist contemplating his hands, or you didn't expect me to name this for the woman hiding behind me, did you? I might like these paintings more than I should because I appreciate certain events in the life of the artist, who was so frail that he did not get sent to basic training and guard duty for the great war until June 27, 1915 (p. 326). When he had sick leave in Vienna, he painted a portrait of his wife (p. 327). He changed. `As documented in his work from 1914-15, the transition between these two worlds had been extraordinarily painful for the artist. . . . Like all young boys, he had to grow up.' (p. 328).
Summary of Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors
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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