Egon Schiele. Landscapes

This visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a little-known but extensive aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Strongly influenced initially by Impressionism and later by Viennese Art Nouveau, Schiele is best known for his depictions of the human form. However, he was also interested in portraying the beauty and structure of the world he inhabited. In fact, Schiele's paintings of nature and urban landscape comprise a large portion of his body of work. These extremely personalized images are also considered to be among the highlights of Expressionist painting. Nearly one hundred of the artist's landscapes are exquisitely reproduced and presented alongside photographs of the scenes he depicted, taken from the vantage point of the original works. This volume proves that Schiele's mastery extends beyond his radical renditions of the human figure and reveals themes that appear throughout his work. Schiele's landscapes represent an important facet of his career and are a valuable contribution to the school of European nature painting.