Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele · 1915

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Egon Schiele

Cisleithania · 1890–1918

Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterise Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Gustav Klimt, a figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor to Schiele. == Biography == === Early life === Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was born on 12 June 1890 in Tulln, Lower Austria.

Independent artist guide by Momentable. Biography from Wikipedia; artworks credited to the museums that hold them.

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life: 1890–1918life
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The work

A selection of 6 works, free to stream.

Houses on the River (The Old Town)
Egon Schiele · 1914
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Portrait of Herbert Reiner
Egon Schiele · 1910
Upper Belvedere

The embrace
Egon Schiele · 1917
Upper Belvedere

Eduard Kosmack
Egon Schiele · 1910
Upper Belvedere

The Family
Egon Schiele · 1918
Upper Belvedere

Works worth knowing

2 of Egon Schiele's works, and what makes each one worth a look.

How Egon Schiele worked

From the record of their own practice.

Jane Kallir has described Schiele's work as grotesque, erotic, pornographic, or disturbing, with a focus on sex, death, and discovery. He focused on portraits of others as well as himself. In his later years, while he still worked often with nudes, they were done in a more realist fashion. From a young age, Schiele drew with "manic fluency". Art critic Martin Gayford wrote in The Spectator: Kallir and scholar Gerald Izenberg regard Schiele as fluid in sexuality and gender.