Portrait of Edith Schiele

The picture is a drawing of a portrait of a person with lush blonde curly hair pinned back with a hair ornament. This stylized portrait contains expressive features with an emphasis on contours and slightly exaggerated colors, including red cheeks and a bluish cast to the face. The figure is wearing a bright orange coat and black tie. The entire composition is set against a light, neutral background and the work is signed in the lower right corner.

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Prevailing color of this fine art print is orange and its shape is portrait. 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.