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Two dark sides of the inner self: Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele (2007)

39 points| prismatic | 6 years ago |irishtimes.com | reply

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[+] michalu|6 years ago|reply
The only reason Klimt and Schiele are famous as artists is because they brought sexuality into art, which I personally consider a degrading factor.

Yes you had nudity before but not that pornographic nudity Klimt introduced. Schiele I wouldn't hang in my hall, these painting are neither beautiful nor technically on par with true masters.

I believe these two painters introduced a shift to scammy era of modern arts when we went from masters and beauty to "omg so shocking and different" as well as introduction of pornography into mainstream (feel free to lookup some lesser known paintings of Klimt)

High regard for Klimt and Schiele are, I found, the hallmarks of pretty much every atheist pseudo-intellectual.

[+] selectionbias|6 years ago|reply
I like Schiele's work becuase I find his grimy, corpse-like figures to be very aesthetically pleasing. I do not find it 'beautiful' in the sense that an old Venetian painting of a cherub is beautiful, I simply find the deliberate ugliness pleasing to the eye. I do not find his work shocking and I do not see why I should care about the level of technical skill that went into it.
[+] jessaustin|6 years ago|reply
Conservatism is one thing, but these guys weren't even in the same generation and both died more than a century ago. Nothing stands still, least of all art. I suspect that over 130 years, many people have disagreed that your "only reason" is "degrading", and many more found other reasons to appreciate these artists as well.
[+] viburnum|6 years ago|reply
Their unsexy paintings are fantastic
[+] goto11|6 years ago|reply
A whole article about Schiele and Klimt without a single picture? Come on.
[+] rrmm|6 years ago|reply
Didn't read the article but I did go find pictures. Schiele's stuff I found especially striking. Recommended. (Both artists are).

Schiele incidentally died during the spanish flu pandemic quite young.

[+] DeathArrow|6 years ago|reply
You have a point. But I've found that images of art works are generally of low resolution when posted online.

I'd rather buy an art book and/or go to a museum.

[+] throwaway_pdp09|6 years ago|reply
I like what Klimt I've seen but never heard of Schiele. Wiki page has some pics about which I can't see the attraction.

Make up your own mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Schiele but to me many look purposefully ugly.

Happens I did notice one that looks like butt-head https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Egon_Schiele_-_Grimassier...

[+] tootie|6 years ago|reply
There's a gallery in New York that has a huge collection of Austrian art including Egon Schiele. I've been many times, mostly because they have the best museum cafe in the city. I find his work to be interesting, but off-putting to put it politely. I'm only assuming his work would have been considered shocking when it premiered.