Egon Schiele poster page

Born in 1890, Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter who is very well known today for his angular paintings. He was born in a town called Tullin and was accepted into the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts at just 16. His early works were influenced by the Art Nouveau style. In 1911, he moved to a small town in the present day Czech Republic and began painting self-portraits, nudes and  landscapes. His drawings and paintings drew protests from local residents as a result of their explicit sexuality, forcing him to move to a town close to Vienna where his disturbingly erotic works and the use of young girls as models led to his imprisonment.

Some of his works are shown below in the Egon Schiele poster collection brought to you in collaboration with Art.com. Click on an item to view a large image of it or to visit the Art.com website.

Gerti Schiele in a Plaid ...	The Artist's Wife	Stehendes Madchen	Freundschaft
Nu Assis, 1910	Seated Young Lady	Liegende Frau mit Roter H...	Composition with Three Male Nudes (se...
Standing Woman with Yello...	Kauernder Weiblicher Akt	Ragazza in Piedi con Vest...	Knielende Halfnaakte Vrouw Naar Links...
Blondes, Madchen mit Grun...	Sitzende Frau mit Linker ...	Seated Girl with Yellow Scarf	49. Secession

After his imprisonment, Egon Schiele was bitter at the way he was treated. He got married to Edith Harms in 1915, a marriage many believed brought a lot of light and happiness into his life as expressed in his large paintings which focused on embracing couples. 

He died in 1918 at just 28 during the massive influenza outbreak of that year. The epidemic also claimed the life of his pregnant wife.

Egon Schiele has left to the world beautiful paintings and portraits. The nudes in his paintings seem to have a sexual quality to them yet appearing emaciated and awkward. We hope you enjoy the poster collection above and through them see the man through his works which he so much loved.

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