This portrait is one of thousands stolen by the Nazis, and its story shows that the madness didn’t end with WWII.
Location: Leopold Museum
The body’s expressive contortions reflect sculptural tradition, but Schiele used it to express the interior self.
Egon Schiele, Seated Male Nude (Self-Portrait)
Is Schiele’s haunted figure meant to be a famed Austrian artist or Jesus Christ—or both?
Egon Schiele, The Hermits
Death comes to everyone—peasant, priest, or prince. Here, Death menaces interconnected bodies… with a club.
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