Egon Schiele：Masterpieces from the Leopold Museum

Featuringover140masterpieces,thisnewbookdrawsontheunsurpassedSchielecollectionofVienna’sLeopoldMuseum.Thisbookgatherssome140paintings,watercolorsanddrawingsbyEgonSchielefromtheLeopoldMuseuminVienna,whichfamouslypossessestheworld’smostcomprehensiveandeminentcollectionofworksbythismostbelovedofmodernartists.ItcoversallperiodsofSchiele’soeuvre,withexamplesofhisearliestcreations,hisrenownedExpressionistperiodandtheworkcreatedshortlybeforehisuntimelydeath.AmongtheclassicSchielepaintingshousedinthecollectionaretheSeatedMaleNude(aself-portrait)of1910andTheHermitsof1912(probablydepictingSchielewithGustavKlimt).CityscapesconstituteanotheremphasisinSchiele’soeuvreaswellaslandscapesincludingHousesbytheSea.Throughoutthebook,numerousfull-pageillustrationsaffordexceptionalinsightintoSchiele’sgeniusforlineandcolour.EssaysbyElisabethLeopold,RudolfLeopold,FranzSmolaandBirgitSummeraueroutlinethemilieuandcareerofthisprovocativeartistbutalsohighlightSchiele’splaceamongthegreatmastersofthe20thcentury.