Egon Schiele

Born

June 12, 1890

Died

October 31, 1918 (aged 28)

Known as

painter, printmaker, draftsperson, visual artist, lithographer, photographer

Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterise Schiele's paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism. Gustav Klimt, a figurative painter of the early 20th century, was a mentor to Schiele.

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