Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is the painter who had the most long-lasting influence on the Vienna art scene after the great era of Klimt came to a close. Schiele questioned the beautiful surface of the Viennese Art Nouveau with his rough, not easily accessible paintings. Many contemporaries found Schiele’s expressive nudes and self-portraits, with their strange movements and morbid colours, to be ugly and even morally objectionable—criticism which culminated in criminalizing the painter as “obscene” and resulted in a jail sentence. But not even his harshest critics could dispute the artist’s extraordinary talent. This slim, flat, inexpensive softcover book, featuring many images (mostly color, some b&w) along with extensive text, is a fine introduction to Schiele’s work.