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335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm
This volume chronicles the final four years of output from Egon Schiele, highlighting these later, less well-known works, in which he processed private and historical events from 1914 onward, in a style differing distinctly from his earlier works. His lines became more measured, flowing and organic, and his figures filled out and more realistic. Personal and historical events from the year 1914--the outbreak of war, his marriage to Edith Harms and the tedium of army life--clearly had a profound effect on his artistic output, leading to a significant shift in his style. Among other things, his wife Edith Schiele's rarely seen and little-known diary (1915-18), in which she recorded her experiences, thoughts and feelings during these difficult times, is published in full in this catalog.
Prologue and acknowledgements / Hans-Peter Wipplinger -- From "Hell Brueghel" to "decipherer of human traits" : Egon Schiele's "late" works, 1914-1918 / Kerstin Jesse -- Edith and Egon : scenes from a marriage / Jane Kallir -- The diary : "I will not call this book a diary - but rather a book of consolation" / Edith Schiele -- On the home front : Egon Schiele and the experience of World War I / Hannes Leidinger -- From the ground up : on the development of Egon Schiele's painting technique / Sandra Maria Dzialek -- Plates / with introductions, Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kellir. The search for self ; Couples ; Edith Anna Schiele, neé Harms ; Family ; Army life ; Landscapes ; The female figure ; Portraits ; Success and last works -- "An eternal draming full with the sweetest excess of life - disquieted" : biography with a list of exhibitions, 1914-1918 / Simone Hönigl.
editors, Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kallir, Hans-Peter Wipplinger.
On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Leopold Museum, Vienna, March 28 - July 13, 2025.
Authors: Sandra Maria Dzialek, Simone Hönigl, Kerstin Jesse, Jane Kallir, Hannes Leidinger.
English translations: Rebecca Law, Nick Somers, Jessica West.