Egon Schiele - The Paintings

About this episode

The episode discusses Egon Schiele's collection of paintings and his artistic style.

Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read Egon Schiele - The Paintings, a collection of works by a very proflic narcissist who packed a lot of splayed figures and elongated fingers into his brief life!

Topics covered

• Egon Schiele
• art
• painting
• Bowie
• books

Keywords

• narcissism
• splayed figures
• elongated fingers

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