In this recently-revised book, Simon Wilson explores Schiele's obsession with sex, life and death, which gives rise to his famous female nudes and nude self-portraits, and examines his vision of the artist in society, and his work as a landscape and portrait painter.

The Austrian painter Egon Schiele is now recognized as a major figure in the history of modern art and in the development of the Expressionist movement. He was only 2.8 when he died in 1918, yet in his short life he produced a remarkable series of intense and powerful images, and although dogged by accusations of pornography he pursued his vocation as an artist with uncompromising intensity, giving expression to his most powerful feelings with an anguished honesty.

In this recently-revised book, Simon Wilson explores Schiele's obsession with sex, life and death, which gives rise to his famous female nudes and nude self-portraits, and examines his vision of the artist in society, and his work as a landscape and portrait painter.

Introduction

From Symbolism to Expressionism

Nude Self-Portraits:

The Self, Metaphysical and Sexual Angst

Female Nudes

Themes of Life and Death

The Artist and Society

Landscape and Townscape

Portraits