Schiele, Egon

(6/12/1890 Tulin-10/31/1918 Vienna) (Austria)

   Painter and draftsman. Studied at the Viennese Art Academy. An Expressionist who scandalized his times by his association with runaway teenage girls who were models for his erotic works. He was arrested and put on trial, but was ultimately acquitted. Died in the flu epidemic of 1918, some say his health was broken during the time he was held by the authorities, so he may be considered a martyr for erotic art.

   Reproductions: Amantin; 1913; tempera; Russell, 1965 . [Cardinal embracing a nun]; 1912; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 144 . Coitus; 1915; graphite and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 151 [C]. Dream one; 1911; watercolor and pencil; Neret 1993: p. 64 [C] / Hill, 1996: p. 9 [C]. The embrace; Haught 1992: p. 44 [B]. Eros; 1911; Wallace 2007: p. 169 [C]. Female nude; 1910; black-chalk, watercolor, and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 123 [C]. Girl masturbating; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 150 [C]. Lovers; Melville, 1973: fig. 19 [B]. Lovers; 1911; pencil and gouache; Tilly, 1986: p. 49 [C] / Webb, 1975: p. 222 [B]. Lovers; 1911; tempera, watercolor, and pencil; Smith, 1980: p. 95 [C]. Nude; 1910; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 38 [C]. Nude; 1911; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 157 [C]. Nude self-portrait; Webb, 1975: p. 223 [B]. One contemplated in dreams; 1911; graphite and watercolor; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 125 [C]. Reclining female nude on red drape; 1914; Olley, 2005: p. 87 [C]. Reclining girl in a blue dress; 1910; Webb, 1975: p. 223 [B] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 161 [C]. Reclining woman; oil; Smith, 1974: pp. 158159 [C] / Melville, 1973: fig. 194 [C]. Reclining woman; 1917; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 145 [C]. Reclining woman [masturbating]; Melville, 1973: fig. 61 [B]. Red communion wafer; 1911; watercolor and pencil; Neret 1993: p. 121 [C] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 127 [C]. Sapphic couple; 1911; Neret, 1994: pp. 594, 596 [C]. Sapphic couple; 1914; Neret, 1994: p. 592 [B]. Seated nude girl with arms raised overhead; 1911; graphite and watercolor; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 129 [C]. Self-portrait; oil; Smith, 1974: p. 206 [C]. Self-portrait; 1918; Neret, 1994: p. 595 [C]. Squatting woman with boots; 1918; Wallace 2007: p. 166 [C]. Striding torso in green shirt; 1913; Olley, 2005: p. 86 [C]. Two friends; Hurwood, 1975: p. 195 [B]. Two girls embracing; c1915; Lucie-Smith 1997: p. 125 [C] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 155 [C] / Wallace 2007: p. 167 [C]. Two girls (lovers); 1914; watercolor, and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 149 [C]. Two girls lying entwined; 1915; graphite and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 153 [C]. Two loving women; 1913; pencil and gouache; Smith, 1980: p. 105 [C]. Two nudes; pencil; Smith, 1974: p. 160 [B]. Two women; 1911; watercolor; Smith, 1980: p. 94 [C]. Two women; 1918; Bentley, 1984: p. 145 [B]. Two women embracing; 1911; Olley, 2005: p. 85 [C]. Umarmung (embrace); 1917; oil; Olley, 2005: p. 84 [C]. Woman with black stockings; 1913; graphite, watercolor, and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 141 [C] / Wallace 2007: p. 168 [C]. Woman with black stockings (Valerie Neuzil); 1913; graphite, watercolor, and gouache; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 139 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 12: pp. 606-609; "Berlin — erotis-che Zeichnungen von Kathe Kollwitz und Egon Schiele," Pan 2 (January 24, 1992): pp. 56-59; Claudia Breitkopf-Weinmann, Egon Schiele—Horst Janssen: Selbstinsze-nierung, Eros und Tod(Oldenburg: Isensee, 2004), 179 p., ill.; DoA vol. 28: pp. 88-91; Janet Hobhouse, "Nudes: the vision of Egon Schiele and Pierre Bonnard," Connoisseur (June 1984): pp. 100-109; Serge Sabarsky and Muni de Smecchia, Egon Schiele: erotische Zeichnungen (Cologne: Du Mont, 1982); Klaus Albrecht Schroeder, Egon Schiele: eros and passion (Munich: Prestel, 1995); Yoshihito Tokuda, ["Egon Schiele: in search of sex identity"; in Japanese], Mizue 870 (September 1977): pp. 29-44.