Fault Zones: Body Images and Gender Constructions in the Work of Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele
Author
Publisher, Location, Date
Hirmer Verlag, Berlin, Deutschland, Boston, MA, USA, 2026
Keywords
Art History, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies
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 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. (c) Egon Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait), 1910, Leopold Museum Vienna
Volume/Issue, Pages
27-77
Language, Format, Material, Edition
German, English
Activity List
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- Bernadette Reinhold, Christian Bauer: Egon Schiele und/and Oskar Kokoschka. Netzwerker und Rivalen / Networkers and Rivals. Hirmer Verlag. 2026 -
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