Egon Schiele
artist
The mask was produced from a mould made in 1918, after the artist had succumbed to Spanish flu
The 1918 drawing had been in the possession of another Austrian Jewish family, which recently became suspicious of the work's provenance and contacted Grünbaum’s heirs directly in order to “do the right thing”
Tate’s show on Expressionism reminds us that Vincent was “the father of us all”
Heirs of multiple Holocaust victims have made claims to the drawing, which a member of the Lehman Brothers banking dynasty bought as a gift for his son
Civil action for return of looted Schiele painting dismissed but criminal case looms
The museum insists that heirs to the original collector waited too long to file their claim for the valuable work on paper
The two works on paper once belonged to Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian cabaret performer who was killed in the Holocaust
Vienna museums sued for return of works held by collector murdered in Dachau
At Frieze London this year, you are never far from naked bodies and erotic scenes, with young artists demonstrating a new confidence in expressing sexuality and desire
Christie’s will offer six of the seven pieces by Schiele that were restituted to heirs of Fritz Grünbaum last month during its November sales in New York
The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum
Actor’s tortured solo performance as a thief fails to steal the show
Once owned by Jewish collectors in Vienna, the landscape was exported to the US on condition it was exhibited in the Austrian pavilion at the 1948 Venice Biennale
The work, depicting the artist's uncle at a piano, will also go on long-term loan to Leopold Museum in Vienna
The exhibition at the Leopold Museum includes Osen's sketches of electrotherapy patients, which were recently found in an attic
In a unanimous decision, the government’s advisory commission says it is likely the work was sold under duress
As the coronavirus crisis stretches on, we look at how artists have captured confinement in recent history and what is being done now
A three-way battle is brewing in New York courts as the heirs of two Holocaust victims take on the work’s current owner
Work found at a Habitat for Humanity shop is estimated to be worth as much as $200,000
From Alicja Kwade's rooftop solar system to Joe Minter's commanding sculptures
Joan Miró at MoMA and the Neue Galerie’s self-Portrait survey are both filled with great works, but they forget to stick to their themes all the way through
While well known in the West, the work of this major figure of Austrian Expressionism is less recognised in Asia—until now
£63m auction total is half that of last year, but bidding from Asia and Russia helps make new record for Oskar Schlemmer and a Venetian view by Monet
Online database allows scholars to make rapid connections between works
From the erotic drawings of Klimt and Schiele at the Royal Academy to a last chance to see two hard-hitting shows by Mika Rottenberg and Hannah Perry
We talk to Alyce Mahon, the curator of the Dorothea Tanning exhibition in Madrid, and adviser for the Leonor Fini show in New York about the art and life of the two surrealist artists. Plus, as a spate of shows open in Europe and the US, we discuss how Klimt and Schiele compare. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
Exhibition looks at Austrian obsession with flower painting since the 18th century
New show explores how the Austrian artists tackled “issues that we’re grappling with today”
But the watercolours are currently at the centre of a closely watched restitution lawsuit