EGON SCHIELE - TOD UND MÄDCHEN

Some may call it a historical drama, while other biography, the common point is the subject of the film – one and only Egon Schiele. Born in Austria, he was a major figurative painter of the early 20^th century born and Gustav Klimt´s protégé. His works are known for its distinctive style, intensity and raw sexuality, including many self-portraits. This early exponent of Expressionism, my favourite and inspiring artist of all the time, is now "figured" in the latest film directed by Dieter Berner.

SUNDAY INSPIRATION #100

egon schiele

standing male nude with a red loincloth, 1914
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SUNDAY INSPIRATION #55

egon schiele
seated male nude

self-portrait 1910

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Egon...one of my biggest inspirations and Loves.

TO DRESS

Perth-born designer Kym Ellery was inspired by Austrian painter Egon Schiele for her F/W 2015/2016 collection; actually her point was to make the wardrobe for painter´s famous nudes. Sounds surreal, but she literally printed the paintings on paper and made sketches on them, like dressing them. The result is a combo of volume, tailoring and texture; oversize coats, A-line dresses,  bell-shaped pants and sleeves of the tops in sleek, but also heavy fabrics, enriched time to time with brocade. Elements and details, like metallic fringes on a front of a strapless dress and top, or the ceramic glazed buttons, that adorned jackets and coats, hand-made by Ellery´s mother Debra, elevated the whole story into a higher level. I doubt that Schiele´s dishabille women wouldn´t appreciate. And they are not the only one. 

SUNDAY INSPIRATION #01

"Study of a couple"

Egon Schiele 1912

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This really intense oil on canvas paint was made in 1912 by my favorite painter ever, Egon Schiele. . The title "Study of a couple" should tell you everything what he wanted to capture - the couple´s intimacy. 
He was closely in touch with modern developments in psychoanalysis and the deep, conflicted problems in the people he met and drew. 
Schiele´s paintings always reflects his exploration into the human emotions, the complexities and divisions of human personalities, the distance sometimes, and then the closeness, of human relations and possibility of compassion.

For me the best possible ever way to start my "Sunday inspiration" collection.