Portrait of Franz Hauer

• Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
• 1914
• Drypoint etching on paper
• Leopold Museum, Vienna

In this poignant portrait, Egon Schiele has depicted Franz Hauer, a prominent Viennese innkeeper and art patron. Although he grew up in poverty in the countryside, Hauer was able to build a fortune by running an inn and a restaurant. He then proceeded to collect over 1,000 works of art. As an avid collector of Albin Egger-Lienz, Egon Schiele, Anton Faistauer, and Oskar Kokoschka, Hauer was an important patron to Viennese artists.