A Body of Work Oct 26, 2009
" But sometimes beauty isn't the issue. "In African art, very often the purpose of the work is to create a religious figure, and it's to express a certain kind of power symbolically," said Richard Lacayo. Consider the scrawny figures - female and male - painted by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele around World War I. "He's making the body express the anxieties and tensions of his own time," Lacayo said. The same for sculptor Alberto Giacometti, metaphorically reacting to the horrors and... (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Manhattan to the max Oct 20, 2009
Lethem, 45, was raised by his father, Richard, a painter whose work is reminiscent of Marc Chagall and Egon Schiele, and his mother, Judith, who died of a brain tumor when he was 14. An event he has described as a howling loss. (Boston Globe)
* ART JOURNAL : After Klimt, Vienna museum fears restitution of stolen Vermeer Sep 16, 2009
The Israeli community, for instance, has long considered stolen over a dozen works at Viennas Leopold Museum, including seven by Austrian artist Egon Schiele. But unlike most of the countrys art museums, the Leopold is a private institution and as such not subject to the 1998 law. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
* [ART JOURNAL] Heirs race to find Nazi-looted art Jun 24, 2009
Some 65 years after World War II, experts say thousands of artworks confiscated by the Nazis, including masterpieces by art nouveau master Gustav Klimt and expressionist Egon Schiele, still need to be restituted to their rightful owners. Government officials from around 49 countries, dozens of non-governmental groups and Jewish representatives will meet in Prague this week to review current practices. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great? May 24, 2009
In literature, such writers as J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver routinely suffer such a fate, while in art, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, and Vincent Van Gogh are perhaps the classic cases. Francis Bacon, too, belongs in this category. (Boston Globe)
Nazi-plundered art hiding artfully in plain sight? Feb 27, 2009
Among his 449 known works of art, were 81 by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele. Several Schieles are the particular objects of Dowd s quest. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
A refreshing lucidity returns to art market Feb 7, 2009
The session opened with a none too enticing 1915 sketch by Egon Schiele of the woman he married that year, "Edith in Hat and Veil." Unfazed by her ghoulish stare, bidders ran up the black crayon drawing to a hefty 241,250. A cartoon-like self-portrait in charcoal and wash by the same Schiele followed at 481,250. (International Herald Tribune)
