Event Title
Faculty Mentor
Deborah Cibelli
Location
Hamilton Hall 113
Session
Session 2
Start Date
11-4-2014 2:15 PM
End Date
11-4-2014 3:15 PM
Description
This paper explores how three Austrian Expressionism artists Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka used women as muses. Klimt’s use of women personified his oeuvre, while Egon Schiele’s oeuvre was inspired by both himself in self-portraits and women that were close to him. Oskar Kokoschka’s oeuvre was inspired in similar ways as Schiele’s though each artist varies distinctively in style. Moreover, the way each artist and his work uses women as muses reflects the anxieties and contradictions of late 19th century European society. As such, we can understand why their work resonated with and continues to resonate with audiences.
Three Austrian Muses
Hamilton Hall 113
This paper explores how three Austrian Expressionism artists Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka used women as muses. Klimt’s use of women personified his oeuvre, while Egon Schiele’s oeuvre was inspired by both himself in self-portraits and women that were close to him. Oskar Kokoschka’s oeuvre was inspired in similar ways as Schiele’s though each artist varies distinctively in style. Moreover, the way each artist and his work uses women as muses reflects the anxieties and contradictions of late 19th century European society. As such, we can understand why their work resonated with and continues to resonate with audiences.