Painting #C22 - Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele 

(1890-1918, Austrian)

Death and the Maiden
- Egon Schiele
- oil (150 x 180 cm) 1915
- Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere (Vienna)

Death and the Maiden is a concept ultimately derived from the Medieval "Dance of Death": no matter one's status in life, the Dance of Death unites all. 

     The Great War (WWI) was going on. The figures in the painting are Schiele himself and his lover Wally, before his marriage with Edith.

The embrace (Lovers II)
- Egon Schiele
 - oil on canvas (100 x 170 cm) 1917
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (Vienna)

The Family
- Egon Schiele
- oil on canvas (150 x 161 cm) 1918
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (Vienna)

In the autumn of 1918, the Spanish flu pandemic reached Vienna. His wife Edith, who was six months pregnant, died from the disease. Schiele died only three days after his wife. He was only 28 years old. The child in the painting was not born.

Seated Woman with Bent Knees
- Egon Schiele
- gouache on paper (46 x 31 cm) 1917
- National Gallery (Prague)

The small town II
(View from Bohemian Krumlov)
- Egon Schiele
- oil on canvas (90 × 90 cm) 1912-13
- Leopold Museum (Vienna)

His mother's hometown.

The Hermits
- Egon Shiele
- oil on canvas (181 x 181 cm) 1912
- Leopold Museum (Vienna)

Schiele (L) and his respected Klimt (R).

Self Portrait Nude 

 - Egon Schiele 

 - Albertina Collection (Vienna)  

(L) watercolor on paper (43 x 27.5 cm) 1910

 

(R) pencil, charcoal, brush & gouache

on paper (56 x 37 cm) 1910

Egon Schiele monument
near the Egon Schiele Museum
 in the Austrian town of Tulln,
where he was born.

Source: Wikipedia