Egon Schiele “Portraits”
Neue Galerie
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This autumn Neue Galerie New York will open “Egon Schiele: Portraits,” a special exhibition devoted to portraiture created by the masterful Austrian artist Egon Schiele. This is the first exhibition at an American museum to focus exclusively on portraiture in Schiele’s work.
Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is considered one of the twentieth century’s most important artists. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele is celebrated for his singular style of draftsmanship, unusual use of color, and physically raw, often sexually provocative depictions of his sitters. Schiele’s expressive style and controversial subject matter played an important role in the advancement of modernism in Europe.
“Egon Schiele: Portraits,” organized by Schiele scholar Dr. Alessandra Comini, will be shown on the third floor galleries of the museum, and will include approximately 125 paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Designer Federico de Vera is responsible for the exhibition installation, which will borrow from design principles popular in Austria during the early twentieth century. The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the exhibition.
The show focuses on six groupings of the artist’s work: Family and Academy; Fellow Artists; Sitters and Patrons; Lovers; Eros; and Self-Portraits and Allegorical Self-Portraits. In addition, there will be a special display highlighting a traumatic and pivotal period in Schiele’s life: his arrest and imprisonment during the spring of 1912. The exhibition documents an evolution of the artist’s style, both pre- and post-imprisonment. Schiele’s controversial achievements and untimely death at the age of 28 add a mythic quality to his abbreviated career.
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from October 09, 2014 to April 20, 2015