Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter and draftsman, whose reputation increased greatly through the years. Egon Schiele was born in 1890 in Lower Austria as the third child in his family. His father was a rail-road civil...

Room with a view We were talking last week to Horst Rechelbacher, the founder of Aveda, about the $4.3m penthouse apartment he just bought at his One Fifth Avenue co-op. "The view here is Heaven," exclaimed Mr. Rechelbacher, referring to his wrap-around porch. "Heaven...

Two Israeli institutions are battling for custody of an unclaimed collection of artwork plundered by the Nazis _ a dispute over who best represents the victims of the Holocaust and their descendants.The Israel Museum, repository of such national treasures as the Dead Sea Scrolls, has...

In his long career, the art dealer Otto Kallir introduced the works of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt to the United States, popularized Grandma Moses and pioneered the restitution of Nazi-looted art to Holocaust victims. Several of the finest paintings on display at an exhibit...

Egon Schiele and Paul Klee are both crowd pleasers, but how radically different are the pleasures they offer. Last fall, the Neue Galerie exhibited drawings, paintings and prints by the angst-ridden Austrian Expressionist. This spring, Klee’s affectionately cultivated whimsies adorn the museum’s pristine walls. The...