Egon Schiele

Austrian Expressionist painter and draftsman (1890–1918), known for raw figurative works, provocative nudes and intense self-portraits.

Born June 12, 1890 in Tulln, Austria. Died October 31, 1918 in Vienna. Associated with Austrian Expressionism and noted for frank depictions of the human body and psychological intensity.

Close, admiring reading of Schiele's Nude Male Seated. The reviewer emphasizes the drawing's nervy strokes, spectral white areas and signs of illness. Notes the artist's early death in Vienna on October 31, 1918.

For:artists, illustrators, students of modern art, fans of Expressionism