| Style | Expressionism |
| Lived | June 12, 1890 - October 28, 1918 ( 20th century ) |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Biography |
Egon Schiele Biography |
| Prints |
Egon Schiele prints and posters |
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| Paintings |
Egon Schiele's paintings of human nude were very controversial. Some nudes are 'Female Nude', 'Seated Girl', 'Standing Male Nude with Red Loincloth' and 'Embrace'. Other paintings by Egon Schiele include 'Four Trees', 'Agony' and 'Mother with Two Children'.
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| Quote | "To restrict the artist is a crime. It is to murder germinating life."
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| Interesting |
Egon Schiele died at very young age: he was only 28 when he died of the influenza epidemic that claimed over 20,000,000 lives worldwide.
Egon Schiele was not afraid of using nudity in his paintings, but in those days that was very controversial. He was even shortly imprisoned for obscenity in 1912.
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| Links |
Egon Schiele-Museum - in Tulln (German only).
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