From Egyptian Sexuality to Modern Women Pleasing Themselves. Female Nudes from Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.
After watching the Egyptians let us move into our present Modern with Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele Contributions by Alessandra Comini, James T. Demetrion, Johannes Dobai, and Thomas M. Messer Published in 1965 124 pages Softcover This publication brings together the work of two Austrian artists—Gustav Klimt and his former student Egon Schiele. Although independent in their style and depiction of their subject, common threads are manifest in the oeuvre of both artists. The two share a certain anxiety and preoccupation with the erotic, yet stylistically Klimt's work is formally ordered and decorative while Schiele's work is unforgiving in its brutality. This exhibition focuses specifically on the output produced late within Klimt's career, while approaching Schiele's work from a retrospective standpoint. The catalogue discusses each artist separately and includes a chronology, essay, and an illustrated exhibiti...