Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) is nowadays regarded as one of the leading pioneers of Modernism in Austria. Although he already enjoyed some success during his lifetime and came to be considered Austria\"s greatest artist following his death, his outstanding impo rtance for art was recognized only in the early 1950s....

In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that \\\"from now on I will pai nt every day\\\"....

Vasily Kandinsky was one of the first painters of abstract art and a founding member of the Blue Rider movement. Although he trained as a lawyer, Kandinsky abandoned this career path to devote himself to art, both as a creator and an influential teacher and theorist at the Bauhaus....

\\\"Ambiguous work. Where can we start?\\\", wrote the art historian Oscar Schurer in the historic series Junge Kunst about Pablo Picasso\"s multi - faceted oeuvre back in 1927. Picasso, who was investigating Surrealism at the time, was regarded as a genius even then - and had another 40 years of creativity before him....

Vincent van Gogh’s career lasted just a decade, but in this short time he created more than two thousand paintings, including some of the most famous and influential works of Western art. He was also prolific writer, penning hundreds of letters to his......