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Jun 12, 2022 · Austrian artist Egon Schiele is best known for his shamelessly erotic and frank representations of human form. But alongside his startlingly revealing portraits and raw nude studies lie haunting journeys into fragile existence through town paintings and landscapes.
Schiele's landscapes—although often devoid of people—contain fascinating parallels with his figural work. His frequent use of a bird's-eye perspective in his landscapes calls to mind one of the most radical elements of his portraiture: his tendency to depict his sitters from above.
- Austrian
- June 12, 1890
- Tuln an de Donau, near Vienna, Austria
- October 31, 1918
View all 299 artworks. Egon Schiele lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of Austrian Expressionism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- Austrian
- June 12, 1890
- Tulln an der Donau, Austria
- October 31, 1918
Egon Schiele and his Beautiful, Melancholy Landscapes 27,6 Million Euro – that was the highest-ever bid for a Schiele painting at Sotheby's in London. The painting in question was not one of his famous nudes, but a landscape.
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Title: Landscape with Houses. Artist: Egon Schiele (Austrian, Tulln 1890–1918 Vienna) Date: 1917. Medium: Black chalk on paper. Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 17 13/16 in. (29.5 x 45.4 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Bequest of Scofield Thayer, 1982. Accession Number: 1984.433.302.
Plants, natural environments, and townscapes determine the spaces Egon Schiele created in his paintings, and they also reflect the rich symbolism he employed that is centered around the human condition.
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele ( German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə] ⓘ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) 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.
