Egon Schiele is known for being grotesque, erotic, pornographic, and disturbing, focusing on sex, death, and discovery. He focused on portraits of others as well as himself. In his later years, while he still worked often with nudes, they were done in a more realist fashion. He also painted tributes to Van Gogh's Sunflowers as well as landscapes and still lifes.
Schiele's body of work is noted for the intensity and the large
number of self-portraits he produced. The twisted body shapes that
characterize Schiele's paintings and drawings make the artist a notable
exponent of Expressionism. The most important collection of Schiele's
work is housed in the Leopold Museum, Vienna.
Egon Schiele was born in Tulln on the Danube. His father, Adolf,
worked for the Austrian State Railways as a station master; his mother,
Marie, was from Krumau, in Bohemia. As a child, he attended the school
run by the Stift Klosterneuburg, where his arts teacher K.L. Strauch
recognized and supported Schiele's artistic talent.
Erotic Comics: A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Underground Comix... This international survey of erotic comics chronicles a groundbreaking
form of sexual expression up to 1970, the years when mainstream culture
spurned explicit eroticism. In the 1930s, American “Tijuana Bibles,”
little pornographic comic books that parodied popular comics and comic
strips, were widely available. World War II gave a boost to erotic
comics, especially illustrated pin-ups. This set the stage for men’s
magazines such as Playboy, which included racy cartoons from the beginning, and fetish comics.
The Art of Arousal: A Celebration of Erotic Art throughout History... Well-known sex therapist Westheimer here presents a provocative, richly eclectic, inspirational collection of erotic art. Chapters proceed methodically from flirtation and seduction to foreplay, the embrace, solitary and group pleasures and conclude with blissful exhaustion--a loose framework for organizing more than 100 color reproductions of works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Titian, Watteau, Durer, Manet, Courbet, Egon Schiele, David Hockney and others.
Gerda Wegener... Gerda Wegener was a Danish artist graphic designer, paintress and illustrator, known for her work in the erotic genre.
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom... Pier Paolo Pasolini s notorious final film, Salò, or the 120 Days of
Sodom, has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . .
. it s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and
filmmaker s transposition of the Marquis de Sade s 18th-century opus of
torture and degradation to 1944 Fascist Italy remains one of the most
passionately debated films of all time, a thought-provoking inquiry
into the political, social, and sexual dynamics that define the world
we live in.
Egon Schiele: Eros And Passion... Egon Schiele’s controversial nudes and self-portraits were fiercely reviled when they first appeared in the early decades of the twentieth century and, nearly one hundred years later, they still have the power to shock. Examining why Schiele’s work elicits this response, the author explores the social constrictions of Schiele’s generation and the role of the artist as a breaker of taboos. Incorporating superb reproductions of Schiele’s works, those of his contemporaries, and historical photographs, the author offers a penetrating study of an artist whose idea of beauty transcended the morality of his time.
Egon Schiele: 1890-1918: Desire and Decay... "Hindering the artist is a crime," wrote Egon Schiele in 1912. At the time he was in prison for disseminating immoral drawings. Throughout his work the note of defiance, provocation, and rebellion was sounded. Schiele's favorite subjects were female nudes and self-portraits, and he worked at his art with furious commitment, though it was not until shortly before his early death that he began to win real recognition. Today, with Oskar Kokoschka, he is seen as the most important of the Austrian artists who came after Klimt. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through all the major oil paintings and many of his erotic drawings.
Caligula... Remember the dumbstruck, jaw-dropped expressions on "Springtime for
Hitler's" shocked opening-night audience in Mel Brooks's original film
of The Producers? That will no doubt be your face through much
of the two-and-a-half-hour running time of this infamous 1979
pornographic epic that was a (Penthouse) pet project of
publisher Bob Guccione. That's not necessarily a bad thing. But don't
take our word for it. Listen to Helen Mirren--yes, the Oscar-winning Queen
herself--who stars as Caesonia, Caligula's third wife and "the most
promiscuous woman in Rome" (and in this film's salacious vision of
Pagan Rome, that is saying something). In her very gracious, thoughtful
and candid audio commentary that alone is worth the price of this set,
she remarks, "I think it's a movie that is unlike any other, which is
difficult to achieve." And for those of a more prurient bent, she adds,
"It has an awful lot of bottoms." Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange)
gives a brave and fearless performance as Caligula, the hated and
feared emperor corrupted by absolute power and no doubt voted Most
Likely to Be Assassinated. The film unflinchingly charts his plummet
into madness and the brutality of his reign in scenes of hardcore sex
and violence that cannot be described here ("I can't watch," Mirren
cries to her interviewers over one scene in which unfortunate
characters are beheaded by a blade-spinning combine. "I can't even
listen to it").
Lara Addams... Being an artist was not planned; it all happened by accident, and has continued to develop that way. Every once in a while, some new and unexpected opportunity has presented itself, and so I've kept on drawing nudes, as and when I have the time to do so. I still describe myself as an "amateur artist".
Lara Addams produces erotic drawings, pinups, and sensual nude figure studies, using pencil and charcoal.
Egon Schiele: Erotic Sketches... An intimate look at the erotic studies and paintings of a controversial artist whose works continues to provoke even today.
Schiele’s fiercely drawn lines and confrontational compositions command our attention. His erotic art, most of all, evokes feelings of discomfort, titillation, curiosity, and even repulsion, and yet bears testimony to his talent and passion. This beautifully crafted collection of erotic masterpieces showcases the themes Schiele wove into all of his work: a fascination with the human psyche and sexuality, a desire to destroy the conservative facade of moral righteousness and expose the inner truth. Designed to resemble an artist’s sketchbook, this book offers viewers a chance to gain a better understanding of the technique and vision of this revolutionary painter.
Egon Schiele: Drawings and Watercolors... Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele produced a prolific body of work before his early death at the age of twenty-eight in 1918. The oeuvre is comprised of a few hundred oil paintings and thousands of drawings and watercolors.
Schiele's oils have often been reproduced and are well recognized. However, limited access to the fragile works on paper and dispersion among several collections have made for an unbalanced representation of his work as a draftsman.
Egon Schiele is known for being grotesque, erotic, pornographic, and disturbing, focusing on sex, death, and discovery. He focused on portraits of others as well as himself. In his later years, while he still worked often with nudes, they were done in a more realist fashion. He also painted tributes to Van Gogh's Sunflowers as well as landscapes and still lifes. 
