The Artists Wife Seated

Date: 1917
Medium: pencil, tempera
Location: Natinonal Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

Schiele's portrait of his wife Edith, whom he married in 1915, places great emphasis on her gentle beauty and ease. Edith was the only model for a while after her marriage. Since Egon had no inhibitions when painting nudes, Edith understood that she could not meet all his demands and left her place to professional models. Edith died of the Spanish flu a few days before her husband.

Schiele painted picture The Artists Wife Seated in 1917. Prevailing color of this fine art print is brown and its shape is portrait. This art piece is located in Natinonal Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Egon Schiele (1890-1918). Unconventional Viennese artist representing a significant milestone Viennese painting. He quickly broke away from the German movement of new art (Jugendstil) and began to paint in his typical style, with agonizing existential passion for the human body. He painted openly with reference to human sexuality (the images fit into the era when Freud was formulating his theories). Schiele’s paintings are dark, aggressive, and unusual. However, they are thoughtful, excite emotions, and comprise of fascinating drawing and composition. Schiele was tortured by existence, sexuality and the realities of life. His fame grew during his life, although it was very short: after World War I, his wife and child died to typhoid fever and Schiele died after a short time himself.