Problems
Who was Schiele?
Who loved and hated his work? How do I feel?
Who is the other painter exhibited with him?
Should I take a trip to see the exhibition in Liverpool in the North of England?
If not, where can I see more of these artists?
Answers
Artist, portrait painter, Egon Schiele lived from 1890 to 1918. He died in his late twenties in the 1918 flu.
My favourite painting by Schiele is the one of Wally. I first discovered this when newspapers ran stories about the controversy and conflict over whether looted art from the Nazi era should be returned by galleries to the original owners.
It turns out that Wally was Schiele's long-term muse and girlfriend, possibly stolen from his friend and patron, the artist Gustav Klimpt. She lived with Egon Schiele and moved around with him from city to city.
However, when he married respectable and rich Edith, who lived opposite, to his surprise, Wally took off.
Who was Schiele?
Who loved and hated his work? How do I feel?
Who is the other painter exhibited with him?
Should I take a trip to see the exhibition in Liverpool in the North of England?
If not, where can I see more of these artists?
Answers
Artist, portrait painter, Egon Schiele lived from 1890 to 1918. He died in his late twenties in the 1918 flu.
My favourite painting by Schiele is the one of Wally. I first discovered this when newspapers ran stories about the controversy and conflict over whether looted art from the Nazi era should be returned by galleries to the original owners.
It turns out that Wally was Schiele's long-term muse and girlfriend, possibly stolen from his friend and patron, the artist Gustav Klimpt. She lived with Egon Schiele and moved around with him from city to city.
However, when he married respectable and rich Edith, who lived opposite, to his surprise, Wally took off.
Here's another of Schiele's 'acceptable' paintings. He also painted a lot of self-portraits.
He was notorious for his nudes with emphasis and revelation of the pubic area.
His wife Edith died in the 1918 flu and he died of it three days later. So, if you have heard of the 1918 flu but could not name anybody who died in it, here's somebody you might remember from now on.
You have until September 23 2018 to see the exhibition at the art gallery in Liverpool, England.
To sum up:
Where to see Schiele artwork
UK exhibition at Liverpool's Tate Modern, England, Great Britain
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Vienna, Austria
New York, USA
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http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/life-motion-egon-schiele-francesca-woodman
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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