Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée par la National Gallery, à Londres, du 9 octobre 2013 au 12 janvier 2014.
" Le portrait est étroitement lié à l'essor de l'art moderne dans la capitale autrichienne au cours de sa célèbre fin de siècle : les artistes travaillaient en fonction des exigences des mécènes et, à Vienne, les artistes modernes étaient contraints de se concentrer sur l'image de l'individu.
Des portraits emblématiques de cette époque - de Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokoschka et Arnold Schönberg - sont exposés aux côtés d'œuvres d'artistes importants mais moins connus tels que Broncia Koller et Isidor Kaufmann. "
" (...) Ce livre passionnant présente des œuvres non seulement de grands noms, mais aussi de femmes et d'artistes juifs moins connus, donnant ainsi une image plus complète de l'époque. "
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Portraiture is closely identified with the distinctive flourishing of modern art in the Austrian capital during its famed fin-de-siècle : artists worked to the demands of patrons, and in Vienna modern artists were compelled to focus on the image of the individual.
Iconic portraits from this time – by
Gustav Klimt,
Egon Schiele,
Richard Gerstl,
Oskar Kokoschka and
Arnold Schönberg are displayed alongside works by important yet less widely known artists such as Broncia Koller and Isidor Kaufmann. "
Source : National Gallery (site)
" An engaging look at how the middle classes of fin-de-siècleVienna used innovative portraiture to define their identity
During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-siècle Vienna, artists of that city focused on images of individuals. Their portraits depict artists, patrons, families, friends, intellectual allies, and society celebrities from the upwardly mobile middle classes.
Viewed as a whole, the images allow us to reconstruct the subjects’ shifting identities as the Austro-Hungarian Empire underwent dramatic political changes, from the 1867 Ausgleich (Compromise) to the end of World War I. This is viewed as a time when the avant-garde overthrew the academy, yet Facing the Modern tells a more complex story of the time through thought-provoking texts by numerous leading art historians.
Their writings examine paintings by innovative artists such as Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, and Egon Schiele alongside earlier works, blurring the conventionally-held distinctions between 19th-century and early-20th-century art, and revealing surprising continuities in the production and consumption of portraits.
This compelling book features works not only by famous names but also by lesser-known female and Jewish artists, giving a more complete picture of the time. "
130 reproductions en couleurs
.Bibliographie
.Biographies
.Liste des œuvres exposées (73 numéros)
.Index
National Gallery Company, 2013, cartonnage, jaquette illustrée, 216 pages.
9781857095616
TEXTE EN ANGLAIS
librairie couleur du temps, national gallery company, autriche, sécession viennoise, vienne, fin de siècle, portrait,
