Kneeling Girl in Orange-Red Dress By Egon Schiele
The artist and painter who, during his short life, developed from a Jugendstil artist into the exponent of Viennese expressionism.
Because nearly his entire family worked for the Austrian railways, Egon schiele was expected to do the same. Instead, this self-willed young man signed up for the Viennese art academy. He admired Sezession and in particular Gustav Klimt who he had met in 1907 and who took him under his wing his protégé.
In Schiele's early work his liking for Eastern-Asian art can be recognized immediately, and it links up perfectly with the illustrative, ornamental Viennese Jugendstil. Later on he developed a powerful angular style which was entirely his own, and which make him into the exponent of early Viennese expressionism.
Made from museum resin, in a hand painted multi color finish, measures 7"H x 5.25"W x 2"L. SCH021-148
