Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele (1890–1918) is considered to be one of the pioneers of Austrian modernism together with Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. Coinciding with the start of the commemoration of the centenary of his death, this volume will approach Schiele’s fascinating works from a new perspective and will also introduce a paradigm change in the interpretation of his oeuvre.

Inspiration from Schiele’s private circumstances as well as from the art of antiquity, the Byzantine period and even the age of the Baroque will help to provide the key to understanding Schiele’s pictorial allegories, which have remained enigmatic to this day. In the light of the latest Schiele research the artist will no longer be presented as the disturbingly penetrating portraitist of existential loneliness, but at the same time also as a champion of lofty ethics and passionate spirituality.

 - New approaches to the interpretation of Schiele's allegorically encoded works
 -  A unique overview of Schiele's development as a graphic artist and watercolourist
 -  To mark the centenary of Schiele's death in 2018: with works from the Albertina, complited by prestigious loans