This opulently illustrated volume, featuring brilliant reproductions and illuminating commentary, spans Schiele’s earliest adolescent studies, through his time at the Vienna Academy, to his early death in 1918. The works are presented in large color plates which allow readers to study closely the extraordinary quality of the artist’s portraits, nudes and landscapes. This beautiful volume ffers revelatory insights into the nature of Schiele’s genius, while clarifying his vision and artistic impulses.