ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 12. EGON SCHIELE

Name: Egon Schiele

Born: June 12, 1890, Tulln an der Donau, Austria

Died: October 31, 1918, Vienna, Austria

Nationality: Austrian

Art Movement: Expressionism

Genre: Nude painting, self-portrait

Field: Painting, drawing

Influenced by: Gustav Klimt, Vincent van Gogh, Jan Toorop, Edvard Munch, Wassily Kandinsky

Influenced on: Francis Bacon, Julian Schnabel

Friends/Co-workers: Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka

Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.

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Currently, “J art”, an internet mall of “Art Collage JANG” is selling artprints of worldwide famous artists.

In relation with this sale, I will introduce one by one every week, whose artprints are on the sale list, by following categories.

1. Artist’s Bio: Introduce brief bio of selected artist

2. Famous Works: Move to the corresponding artprints in J art by clicking

3. All Works List: Move to all works of selected artist in J art by clicking

4. Related Artists: Move to the works of the artists in J art, who are related to the selected artist.

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ARTIST OF THE WEEK: 3. VINCENT VAN GOGH

Name: Vincent van Gogh
Born: 30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands

Died: 29 July 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Active Years: 1880 - 1890

Nationality: Dutch

Art Movement: Post-Impressionism

Field: Painting, Drawing

Influenced by: Anton Mauve, Paul Gauguin, Jean-Francois Millet, Alfred Sisley

Friends/Colleagues: Paul Gauguin

Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings.

The striking color, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work greatly influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art. His art became popular after his death, especially in the late 20th century.

Van Gogh’s works include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits. However, he was not commercially successful and his suicide at 37 followed years of mental illness and poverty.

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Currently, “J art”, an internet mall of “Art Collage JANG” is selling art prints of worldwide famous artists.

In relation with this sale, I will introduce one by one every week, whose art prints are on the sale list, by following categories.

1. Artist’s Bio: Introduce brief bio of selected artist

2. Famous Works: Move to the corresponding art print in J art by clicking

3. All Works List: Move to all works of selected artist in J art by clicking

4. Related Artists: Move to the works of the artists in J art, who are related to the selected artist.

5. All Artists List: Move to the list of all artists selling art prints in J art

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The Introduction of the Works by Amedeo Modigliani: 4. A Bearded Man

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Modigliani Institute Korea (MIK) is introducing artworks of Amedeo Modigliani one by one every week now.

The 4th work to introduce this week is “A Bearded Man”.

Modigliani created this work in 1905.

It was drawn with ink and paper, and the size is 42.8 x 26.13 cm.

Despite the simplicity of the materials used in this work, Modigliani expressed the character of the figure very well, effectively using lines of various thicknesses.

Modigliani was an Italian painter who had a Jewish lineage.

As an Italian Jew, he created some works on Jewish culture or communities in Europe at that time.

It is one of the works showing such subjects, expressing a Jew characterized by beards.

Along with the "The Jewish Woman", it is also one of the works by Modigliani, expressing his identity as a Jewish lineage.

Modigliani is known for depicting the characters of the figures very well in his later paintings.

Considering it is his one of the early works, it is evident that his such painting style was not suddenly built up afterwards but Modigliani had it from his early age.

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