Thursday, June 25, 2009

not book-related today


Illustration by Egon Schiele - image from rackk and ruin.

Not a book-related post today. I saw this great illustration over at rackk and ruin and it just felt right for today.

As there was no credit I'm not sure if she's drawn it or if there is someone else I should be giving props to - please enlighten me..

UPDATE:
The illustration is by Egon Schiele (thank you very much rackk and ruin!), a protégé of Gustav Klimt's. Klimt's influence can be seen fairly clearly in this particular piece even if not perhaps in his other work.

"Egon Schiele (12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century.

Schiele's work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism, although still strongly associated with the art nouveau movement (Jugendstil)."

2 comments:

Rackk and Ruin said...

The illustration is by Egon Schiele. . . an AMAZING artist who you should definitely check out!

Rare Autumn said...

thank you very much! pretty different from other of his work I'm familiar with, but guess I should've known...