Egon Schiele: Seated Female Nude with Orange Drapery (1914)
goache, watercolor, and pencil
46.4 x 30.4 cm
©The Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Kallir d1497)
Egon Schiele photographed by Anton Josef Trčka, 1914
Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə]; Born at 12 June 1890, Tulln an der Donau, Austro-Hungarian Empire – Died 31 October 1918 (aged 28), Vienna) 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 characterize 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.
Nationality Austrian
Education: Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Known for Painting, drawing, printmaking
Notable work:
Seated Woman with Bent Knees
Cardinal and Nun
Death and the Maiden
The Family
Movement Expressionism
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