The body’s expressive contortions reflect sculptural tradition, but Schiele used it to express the interior self.
A-Level: Modern portraits
Is Schiele’s haunted figure meant to be a famed Austrian artist or Jesus Christ—or both?
Egon Schiele, The Hermits
Sander documented German people from all walks of life, but the goals of his project remain unclear.
August Sander, Portraits
Unusually, two figures make up this self-portrait, which is all sexuality but no passion.
Christian Schad, Self-Portrait
Picasso began his love affair with Gertrude Stein’s bank account when he learned of her support for Matisse.
Pablo Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein
Kirchner is rendered unable to create or destroy in this nightmarish wartime painting.