A precociously gifted student, Schiele soon attracted the attention of Gustav Klimt, the pre-eminent artist of the Secession movement – an artistic revolution that covered many art forms, all driven by the basic aim of rejecting Beaux-Arts classicism and stuffy Salon mediocrity.
Manhattan's compact geography, points out Pfahler, means many artistic projects begin with chance encounters.
She spent part of last year having very discreet conversations with the treasury as she sought to persuade George Osborne to commit serious money to building the artistic headquarters of his northern powerhouse plan.
Ms Weissová-Hošková was introduced by the Nash's artistic director Amelia Freedman to an editor from Penguin, who commissioned the diaries Helga had kept as a child in Terezín, for publication this year – a major event, for such contemporary records (as opposed to memoirs) are rare.
Implementing some impressively artistic ideas selected from a "hackathon" that took place earlier this year, the Urban Vision is now crowd-sourcing a skilled group of Mumbaikars to shape these disused sites, bringing together architects, landscapers, artists and "city enthusiasts" for an inclusive community-led project to start on Monday 24 November.
La Fille du RER made Dequenne well known but it was not particularly an artistic success, and it was not terribly well received by the French press.
Sean Doran, artistic director of the ever-expanding festival, which includes local shops featuring Beckett biscuits and sausages, revealed he now has an eye on the Orange Hall directly across the road from Happy Days's headquarters in the Clinton Centre, built on the site of a former Catholic boys' school.
By the time he quit the Commons in 2001, he was Father of the House, yet another addition to the honours, political, academic and artistic which he accumulated.
In fact, Frank's story addresses exactly this dilemma: between artistic integrity (and obscurity) and commercial success.
Even a mid-budget movie costs a lot of money to make, and needs to make it back whereas financial success was practically an obstacle to artistic achievement for most of the outsider musicians Frank celebrates.
Three years later and the film, shot in Banwen, Wales, and London, and directed by Tony-winning Matthew Warchus (responsible for Matilda the Musical, and soon to be artistic director of the Old Vic), is finished.
