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The Faces of Egon Schiele

Self Portraits

Elizabeth Leoplod Stefan Kutzenberger

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English
Hirmer Verlag
30 April 2024
"The artistic gaze into the mirror -

Egon Schiele personally and in close-up.

Many artists share the desire for involvement with the self and their own appearance. In the oeuvre of Egon Schiele, self-portraits occupy a central role. Over a period of many years Schiele recorded himself in various poses and styles. This publication focuses in detail on this crucial and yet often only marginally mentioned aspect of his art.

Egon Schiele's contorted and eccentric figures are among the world's iconic images. For many of these works he and his own body served as model. His interest often lay not in his own self, but more generally in the position of the individual in the changing modern world. As in experimental arrangements, Schiele poses in a variety of roles. In doing so he ""uses"" his face and wears it like a mask. The publication offers a comprehensive representation of this life theme of the artist genius."
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Imprint:   Hirmer Verlag
Country of Publication:   Germany
Dimensions:   Height: 280mm,  Width: 240mm, 
Weight:   1.060kg
ISBN:   9783777441832
ISBN 10:   377744183X
Pages:   160
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Elisabeth Leopold (b. 1926 in Vienna) shares her husband's passion for collecting. She is an ophthamologist and co-founder of the Leopold Museum Vienna, curator of numerous exhibitions and the author of many articles on art and culture in Vienna around 1900. Stefan Kutzenberger (b. 1971 in Linz) is a writer, literary scholar and curator and lives in Vienna.

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