Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele (12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) (pronounced [ˈʃiːlə], or SHEE-luh) was a painter from Austria. Some people see his work as expressionist, but also in the art nouveau movement. With Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, he was among the most important artists of Wiener Moderne. The most important collection of Schiele's work is in the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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| Born | 12 June 1890 Tulln |
| Died | 31 October 1918 (aged 28) Vienna |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Akademie der Bildenden Künste |
| Movement | Expressionism |
| Works | Porträt des Albert Paris von Gütersloh, 1918; Self-portrait, 1912 |
Schiele died of influenza, at only 28 years old of the pandemic known as Spanish flu, which killed between 20 and 100 million people.
Images
Woman with green stockings (Frau mit den grünen Stümpfen), 1908
Self-portrait clothed in black (Selbstporträt mit dem schwarzen Gewand),1910
Self-portrait (Selbstportät), 1912
Woman, lying down (Liegende Frau), 1917
Four trees (Vier Bäume), 1917
Stein an der Donau II, 1913
The Bridge (Die Brücke), 1913
Old Mill (Alte Mühle), 1916
Self-portrait (Selbstportät)
Portrait Eduard Kosmack, 1910
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Self-portrait, 1906 (aged 16)
Egon Schiele photographed by Anton Josef Trčka, 1914
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- vanaf een poster bij het Haags Gemeentemuseum
Edith Schiele in a Striped Dress, Seated, 1915 Leopold Museum
Schiele's poster for the 49th exhibition of the Vienna Secession in 1918
