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Klimt Schiele

Gallery view of the 'Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna' exhibition

RA Exhibitions

< 3 years ago

Video: Egon Schiele in 60 seconds

Tim Marlow gives a quick introduction to Egon Schiele, whose extraordinary works on paper are on show in our exhibition ‘Klimt / Schiele’.

Egon Schiele, Seated Female Nude (detail)

Opinion

< 3 years ago

Being a sitter for Egon Schiele

With their direct eye contact and powerful stances, Egon Schiele’s drawings of women were some of the first to recognise female autonomy. But who were the artist’s models and how did their relationships with Schiele play out on paper?
Installation view of Beethoven Frieze, 1901–02. Charcoal, black and coloured chalk and mixed materials on plaster, 215 x 630 cm. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna. On long term loan to the Secession, Vienna

RA Exhibitions

< 3 years ago

Video: Gustav Klimt in 60 seconds

Tim Marlow gives a quick introduction to Gustav Klimt, one of the two Viennese masters whose works on paper are shown side-by-side in our exhibition ‘Klimt / Schiele’.

Egon Schiele, Group of Three Girls (detail)

RA Exhibitions

< 3 years ago

Klimt, Schiele and the meaning of art

As the drawings of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele go on show at the Royal Academy, Jill Lloyd reveals how these two giants of 20th-century Viennese modernism fuelled one another’s innovations on paper to push the boundaries of art and depict the human figure as never before.

RA Exhibitions

4 years ago

Introducing 2018 at the Royal Academy of Arts

Next year’s exhibitions will take us from a legendary British collection to the far seas of the South Pacific, and from centuries past to a glimpse into the future of art. The RA’s Artistic Director introduces the programme for our 250th anniversary year.