Egon Schiele's Self-Portrait When I look at this portrait, the first thing that hits me is the way the artist, Egon Schiele, appears to have made himself look animated, like a cartoon. The way in which his right eye is rounded like a cartoon character and his left eye is squinting and almost shut, adds to the idea of a the portrait being a cartoon. The squinted left eye is as if he is sneaking around and evaluating his surroundings. If you cover the right side of the face (with the widely opened
mistake of touching it, you'll never again do it-simply because you know the consequences. After consuming books about the PRB, I realized that I had to know something about art to appreciate it. I found this out when I began looking at works by Egon Schiele, an early twentieth century art who painted what most would call pornography.
Artist Report - Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt, one of the most prominent figures in the Vienna Secession movement, was born July 14, 1862 in Baumgartner, Vienna—making him the second oldest of seven kids. Though he wasn’t the only child who showed artistic promise early on he is the most memorable of the group. Despite growing up in poverty he was still able to attend the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, where he studied and received training as an architectural painter until 1883. While enrolled
Norbert Schwontkowski was a German painter who born in Bremen-Blumenthal in 1949 and died in Bremen in 2013. He studied painting at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Bremen and became a professor of painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künst at Hamburg. He had his first solo exhibition in 1973 at the art show Böttcherstraße in Bremen. From the muted colour palette to the surreal landscapes, Norbert Schwontkowski captured the isolation in human psychology. He likes to play with the unconscious and
The movie: Ghostbusters From the very beginning of the classic film, Ghostbusters, we can see that ghosts wander the halls of the library as the books are levitating across the aisles and drawers are being opened without the help of anyone or anything, so we think. In the movie, Professor Venkman and two students were conducting the experiments about ESP abilities. He purposely marked the girl as correct when she was guessing the figures even when she was incorrect, while the professor still electrically
Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter born in 1890 known for his paintings that provoked symbolism, and also for his very different artistic styles. According to The Art Story, “Schiele’s portraits and self-portraits helped re-establish the vitality of both genres with their unprecedented level of emotional and sexual directness and use of figural distortion in place of conventional notions of beauty.” Schiele was a fan of Gustav Klimt, and in his first paintings someone can see the similarities between
seemingly taking inspiration from primarily impressionism, surrealism and cubism to create a style that would influence the fields of illustration and graphic design. In particular, one of the leading artists from this movement was a man named Egon Schiele. Schiele lived during and died just before the end of World War 2. His figures had a blemished, twisted quality to their proportions and in particularly how he utilized lines to define the contours and appearance of his subjects.
death are transgressed. The bulky background shrouds the figures by dark colouring, whereas Schiele distinguishes the figures on canvas through lighter and darker hues of oil. The interplay of the darker and the lighter shades reflects the function of the double – to unite the opposite notions and to transgress the boundaries. Furthermore, the importance of such an interplay is additionally unveiled by Schiele in a letter to Dr. Hermann Engel by stating that ‘Das Bild muss von sich Licht geben, die
Art versus Pornography Her head rests on her left knee, with her hands clasped on her ankle. Locks of hair are thrown about in an auburn blaze. Her tight rosy lips are as red as her cheeks. Her dark-blue eyes reveal a half-seductive, half-submissive look. Her legs are in a subdued spread-eagle formation, leaving her crotch area quite visible. Her white panties leave little to the imagination. The sexual overtones are more than just a coincidence. Suspend your imagination for a minute
things: that gave me the green light to go ahead in life and art. So instead of feeling on the outside I realized that there was an outside and it was called “being an artist.” Tracey was introduced to the work of German Expressionists such as; Egon Schiele and Edvard Munch. These would remain dominant figures of artistic influence well into her career. Emin’s exposure to life as an artist led her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in art from the Maidstone College of Art in Margate. She studied under
Some of the most celebrating Klimt’s painting were produced during his time with Secession, which lasted until 1908 (Judith I ,1901, Adele Bloch-Bauer I ,1907, Field of Poppies ,1907., The Kiss, 1907-08 ), all of which comprised the artist’s so-called ‘’Golden Phase’’ By this time, Klimt’s personal style, which combined elements of both pre-modern and modern eras, had fully matured. His use of gold and silver leaf recalled Byzantine mosaics; his application of repeated coils and whorls suggested