Egon Schiele

de Egon Schiele, Birgit Summerauer

The Leopold Museum in Vienna houses the world's most comprehensive collection of works by Egon Schiele, which features a unique concentration of chief works by this Austrian artist. The present publication offers a closer look at some 140 paintings, watercolors and drawings from this unrivaled collection, which cover all the periods of the artist's oeuvre, while the large illustrations afford exceptional insights into Egon Schiele's artistic genius and his preoccupation with line and color. Essays not only impressively outline the milieu and career of this provocative artist but also highlight Schiele's place among the great masters of the 20th century.