Vienna

Egon Schiele

Feb 22 - Jun 18 2017       Albertinaplatz 1
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The Albertina's comprehensive new exhibition of artworks by Egon Schiele positions this famous Austrian's radical oeuvre within an epoch characterised by a schism between the modernist and the traditional. 160 of Schiele’s most magnificent gouaches and drawings introduce viewers to an artistic oeuvre that highlights human beings’ existential loneliness as its great theme while drastically opposing the values of fin de siècle society.<br /> This fascinating exhibition at the Albertina has large photographs hanging in the air to pit the artist’s works against the reality of his environment, as a visible demonstration of just how out of sync the two were – because although Schiele is typically viewed as part of Vienna’s turn-of-the-century artistic and intellectual elite, there is a significant and acute discrepancy between Schiele’s output and the society amidst which he lived.<br /> <br /> <em>(App picture: Egon Schiele, Self-Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat, 1911; © Ernst Ploil, Vienna)</em>

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Open 10:00-18:00, Wed, Fri 10:00-21:00. Feb 22 2017 - Jun 18 2017
Albertina
Albertinaplatz 1
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