Author Description

Art Historian Tim Marlow examines Schiele's life and art in detail and sets them in the context of the fin-de-siècle Viennese cultural scene. In a lengthy introduction he describes Schiele's life and the effect of his art on the death of this father, estrangement from his mother, and the probably sexual nature of his relationship with his younger sister Gerti. This introduction is lavishly illustrated with photographs of the artist, his family and friends, influential works by contemporaries such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Gerstl, and examples of Schiele's expressive graphic work. --Provided by publisher