Alessandra Comini Boeken

Starke Emotionen und malerische Virtuosität Dieser aufwendig gestaltete Band versammelt Werke voll starker Emotionen und malerischer Virtuosität und gibt faszinierende Einblicke in das Leben eines begnadeten Künstlers. Egon Schiele (1890–1918) gehört zu den wichtigsten Künstlern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Als meisterhafter Kolorist und Zeichner schuf er dem Vorbild seines Lehrers Gustav Klimt folgend Bilder von beeindruckender emotionaler Kraft und verstörender Intimität. Durch ihn fand die Kunst seiner Zeit zu einer neuen Offenheit. Sein früher Tod mit erst 28 Jahren trug dazu bei, den österreichischen Künstler zu einem Mythos werden zu lassen. Im Mittelpunkt von „Egon Schiele: Portraits“ stehen insgesamt fünf Werkgruppen mit Bildern von Familienmitgliedern, Akademiekollegen und Künstlerfreunden, Modellen und Mäzenen, Geliebten und allegorischen Figuren. Zusätzlich enthält das Buch ein Kapitel über eine einschneidende Periode in Schieles Leben: seine traumatische Gefängniszeit in den Sommermonaten 1912. Anhand von Arbeiten, die vor bzw. nach der Haftzeit entstanden, wird der Stilwandel in Schieles Werk eindrucksvoll vor Augen geführt. Eigens für die New Yorker Ausstellung sind viele dieser Werke aus amerikanischen und europäischen Museen und Privatsammlungen nun erstmals zusammengeführt worden.

Set against the backdrop of the vibrant music scene in Europe, the narrative follows Professor Megan Crespi as she uncovers an unknown bust of Johannes Brahms and embarks on a journey through Hamburg and Vienna. Amidst her lectures on Brahms and Klimt, tensions rise during a concert series featuring Brahms and Bruckner, leading to threats against conductor Agatha Endlich. As Megan investigates a long-hidden Brahms score, she navigates a web of suspects, including passionate fans and members of the illustrious Wittgenstein family, in a quest for artistic truth.

Set against the backdrop of a violent neo-Nazi demonstration, a moving van carrying eleven stolen Kandinsky paintings is hijacked in Slovakia. The plot thickens with the involvement of rival collectors Igor Rasputin and Boris Zima, as well as Zima's watchful agent, Raisa Sokolova. Despite the murder of the museum's night watchman, the Lenbach House Museum insists no theft has occurred, raising questions about the true nature of the events unfolding around the stolen artwork.

Retired art history professor Megan Crespi, an expert on the Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, is called to Vienna to help solve the brutal murder of a museum night watchman whose naked cadaver was propped up in the same pose as the nude self-portrait by Schiele above him. A series of attacks relating to Schiele occur, ranging from ''censoring'' of his nude figures' private parts with spray paint to desecration of his burial site. Amid restitution lawsuits and murderous competing gallery owners, Megan's investigations are endangered by the fanatical Grand Master of a secret sect dedicated to the obliteration of obscenity. Her own life in danger, the twisting Schiele trail leaves multiple corpses in its wake and leads Megan from conniving Vienna to remote Kaliningrad in Russia, to ancient Krumau in Bohemia, and bustling Milan in Italy as she hunts for a possible hidden trove of major Schiele paintings. What she discovers is undreamt of and leaves the Schiele world stunned and covetous. Includes Readers Guide.

The meaning of portraiture in the egocentric and erotic culture of Vienna at the end of the Hapsburg Empire frames Alessandra Comini's definitive, lavishly illustrated study of the art of Egon Schiele (1890-1918), first published in 1975 and now available in paperback with a new preface and updated bibliography. Comini analyzes Schiele's work in the context of Viennese Expressionism, rising existential consciousness, and the unique ambiance of Vienna. The human figure forms the most compelling motif in Schiele's oeuvre, which is comprised of hundreds of oils and thousands of drawings. Numerous self-portraits record emotional states, reflect major stylistic changes, and provide a brilliant focus for this examination of his art and his life.

Features 48 colour plates, including some of Klimt's best known works, such as Danae, Jusith and The Kiss.

40 Beautiful color plates. 85 Illustrations. A Landmark study of the most extraordinary flowerings of modern art, the Vienna Fantastic Movement. written by Alessandra Comini who taught art history at Columbia, Yale and Berkeley.

Egon Schiele's brief but impactful life as an artist in early 20th-century Vienna is marked by his intense exploration of sexuality, revealing both voyeuristic and participatory elements. His provocative works reflect a cultural anxiety during the decline of the Austrian empire, paralleling Freud's psychological insights. Schiele's art is characterized by a striking duality; while his erotic pieces showcase modern sensibilities, his landscapes and town scenes convey a haunting loneliness and deep pathos, embodied in his melancholy allegories and existential portraits.

Set against the backdrop of Egon Schiele's 1912 imprisonment, this book delves into the artist's emotional turmoil through his poignant diary entries and evocative drawings created during his confinement. It also features the author’s groundbreaking exploration of Schiele's forgotten prison cell, captured decades later. Alongside an English translation of Schiele's diary, readers will find a biographical chronology and two insightful essays that examine his cultural context and the profound impact of his prison artworks.