Egon Schiele und/and Oskar Kokoschka. Netzwerker und Rivalen / Networkers and Rivals
Editors
Publisher, Location, Date
Hirmer Verlag, München, BY, Deutschland, 2026
Keywords
Art History, Cultural History, Gender Studies, Contemporary History
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN, DOI
- ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:
- 978-3-7774-4523-6
Text
Egon Schiele und Oskar Kokoschka. Netzwerker und Rivalen Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka. Networker and Rivals Christian Bauer, Bernadette Reinhold (eds.) German-english publication, 272 pages Hirmer, 2026 ISBN: 978-3-7774-4523-6 Book launch May 21, 2026, 7 pm, University of Applied Arts Vienna 1030 Vienna, Vordere Zollamtstrasse 7, FLUX 2 (2nd floor) Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele are among the most important artists of modernism. Their work had a crucial influence on Austrian Expressionism and still today exerts a great fascination. Both are known as extraordinary networkers, but their relationship with each other and their rivalry has received little attention in the past. When Schiele died in 1918 at the age of only twenty-eight, unsuccessful in his attempts to establish a relationship with Kokoschka, the latter still had six decades ahead of him as a world-renowned artist. This publication shows how, in the final decade of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, Kokoschka and Schiele found their expressive visual language and soon became part of the international art scene. They were accorded great respect but also subjected to massive hostility. Numerous essays in this volume illuminate key themes such as their artistic and intellectual milieu, their radical body images and unsparing self-portraits, their enthusiasm for modern dance, and the capacity of both artists to love and to suffer. With contributions from Christian Bauer, Aglaja Kempf, Bernadette Reinhold and Anna Stuhlpfarrer.
Language, Format, Material, Edition
German, English
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