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Schiele, Egon |
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Schiele, Egon (1890–1918)Austrian artist. Strongly influenced by art nouveau, and in particular Gustav Klimt, he developed an angular, contorted style, employing garish colours, that made him an important pioneer of expressionism. His subject matter includes portraits and openly erotic nudes. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The exceptional collection of Rudolf Leopold includes paintings, watercolors and drawings by Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Richard Gerstl and other important artists. London specialist, Richard Nagy sold three works by Egon Schiele including one of Melanie Schiele, his sister, 1908, and was delighted by the amount of serious interest in a series of drawings of Berlin from 1920s by Georg Grosz, while Thomas Munich sold various watercolors by Emil Nolde with a total value of 500,000 euros to a single European collector. Among the things hanging on the wall or hanging around nearby were a lot of scumbled, angsty Egon Schiele pastiches and a suite of shiny poster-sized images, including liquor ads, florists' ads, and a close-up of a face, printed on Mylar for an effect Madonna put to better use in the packaging of Sex. |
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