Egon Schiele

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Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was a prominent and influential painter from turn-of-the-century Vienna. Despite his early death at 28, he made a significant impact, facing imprisonment on a morals charge while producing a body of work characterized by strong eroticism, deeply expressive drawings, and beautiful paintings. As an enfant terrible of pre-WWI Vienna, he operated in the shadows of Klimt and Freud but ultimately established his own voice, often using his own nude body as a model. This exploration of controversial sexual themes is a hallmark of his art, alongside often overlooked elements such as his formal experiments and later expressionistic portraits and allegorical works. These aspects reveal the significance of his brief yet impactful career.