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Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) is one of the greatest portrait painters of the 16th century. A keen observer of his era, Holbein became the court painter of Henry VIII and his sundry wives. His talent was established at the early age of 18 when he illustrated Erasmus' manuscript The Praise of Folly. Holbein's wide range of pursuits included not only painting, drawing, book illustration and designing stained-glass windows, jewelry and luxury...
2) Schiele
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Egon Schiele's work is so distinctive that it resists categorisation. Admitted to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts at just sixteen, he was an extraordinarily precocious artist, whose consummate skill in the manipulation of line, above all, lent a taut expressivity to all his work. Profoundly convinced of his own significance as an artist, Schiele achieved more in his abruptly curtailed youth than many other artists achieved in a full lifetime. His...
3) Schiele
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La obra de Egon Schiele es tan particular que se resiste a la categorización. Admitido en la Academia Vienesa de las Bellas Artes cuando apenas contaba con dieciséis años, fue un artista de extraordinaria precocidad, cuya consumada habilidad en la manipulación de las líneas le dio a sus obras una tersa expresividad. Profundamente convencido de su propia importancia como artista, Schiele logró más en su corta existencia que muchos otros artistas...
4) Egon Schiele
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Egon Schiele
(Tulln, 1890 – Vienne,1918)
L'oeuvre d'Egon Schiele est tellement singulière qu'elle résiste à toute catégorisation. Admis à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne dès l'âge de seize ans, ce fut un artiste extraordinairement précoce, dont le talent consommé pour le maniement de la ligne, plus que tout autre chose, conférait une tension expressive à toute son oeuvre. Profondément
convaincu de sa propre importance en tant qu'artiste,...
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