100 Great Artists

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EGON SCHIELE

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gun Schiele. like his id(~ Gus .. ,' Klimt,

twk c",tici,,,, as. m.jor thm,e of hi.

work, It led n) aeeusations of his hcing

-sex· obsesscd' .nd hc onee ~)und him",lf in

prison briefly for 'cxhihiting an <Tot;C dnwing

in a 1'1""" ,c"""it~c to childrm', Ru~ ab",in liLc

Klimt, the unqucstiofj,hle quality of Schielc',

worl ",'cntually found an 'I, ,,""';ati,'e au,lienee,

and ell::n gOl"",mcnt s ponsorship when the

sexuality and ,uperb Il:chnic:il slills, Ilis mother

daim,,1 th., he could dn .. · I..,~,,,, his ,.,co" d

hirtbd.y, and his drl"'ing ability was som<~hing

that Schiele h",..,d ti",lcsslr throughOut his lill:

until he ..,hi",''']' n .... Jr·&ult]css line, I>,inting

he ~,und less ca<y, especially in oik, but he had

a f,cility ~" appm,ching' n.."lium 'nd ttking

it s ... iftly be}"lnd , technic:il challenge to

s<r6<tic m"te.)" which he did to ma,,'dlous

authorities ... ished to l)(x><I AustTi,'. cfrect ... ith gouache .nd ""'tcrrolour, That

international im'ge, m"-" ..... y Ill"r a me,tium was ,;",1 n) Schielc _

Schiele'. un"'IIlI" olllising ...... ndour in hi. n(x hing should iml",]e his 1"''1:'''''' ""'''' ,,1< the

t"""""" of the nude figure _ bn,l" and malc purity of ,·i,;on and css<'fltial nuth that he fdt

_ ofll:rs an un",,,ling mixture of "I'~L""cnt ... ere the Purl"";':: of his an,

Wom:.on Undrcs<i ng ( 1914)

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