"Hindering the artist is a crime," wrote Egon Schiele in 1912. At the time he was in prison for disseminating immoral drawings. Throughout his work the note of defiance, provocation, and rebellion was sounded. Schiele's favorite subjects were female nudes and self-portraits, and he worked at his art with furious commitment, though it was not until shortly before his early death that he began to win real recognition. Today, with Oskar Kokoschka, he is seen as the most important of the Austrian artists who came after Klimt. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through all the major oil paintings and many of his erotic drawings.

Fighting Teachers and Society: A Brief Life

A Bird's-Eye View of the World

From Girl Child to Grande Dame

The Image of Humanity: Allegory and Unmasking

The Theatre of the Self

Withered Flowers and Dead Cities:

Autumn Landscapes of the Soul

Egon Schiele - A Chronology

The Major Exhibitions

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