Pretty dense analyses of Scheile’s art and inspirations, but with many paintings dispersed in between kind of like a picture book 🥰. Each chapter is by a different author, and chronicles his life from birth to death. With these different authors, you get a comprehensive and multifaceted interpretation of his life and artwork. The fifth chapter was full of particularly dense art jargon but the language was mostly accessible otherwise. I am, however, unsure why the pictures of his paintings are ordered the way they are in the book as opposed to right next to the text that is referencing them.

Dit was precies wat ik wou, lekker veel bladzijden met heel veel werk van Schiele. Die handen! Die takken! En zoveel lijden uitgedrukt in elke lijn, vlek, streek, kleurgebruik. Confronterend, maar ook rakend en uniek.