Quote of the day
We are half ruined by conformity, but we should be wholly ruined without it.
Egon Schiele
Born: June 12, 1890
Died: October 31, 1918 (aged 28)
Bio: Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the artist produced, including naked self-portraits.
Known for:
- Portrait of Wally (1912)
- Seated Woman with Bent Knee (1917)
- Portrait of Gerti Schiele (1909)
- House with Shingles (1915)
- Death and the Maiden (1915)