Vienna 1900, The Dreaming Artists

Theme

Radical Lines:The Artistic World of a Young Genius

Sub-theme

Egon Schiele Self-Identity and Crisis as an Artist Mother and Child: The Absence of Ideal Motherhood Black Landscapes of Loss and Isolation Nude Drawings by Klimt and Schiele From Anxiety to Stability: The Changing Nude

Object

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Portrait of a Young Girl

  • Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
  • 1906
  • Black chalk, charcoal on paper
  • Leopold Museum, Vienna

In 1906, Egon Schiele was accepted by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, at the age of sixteen. He rebelled against the academy’s rigid, conservative teachings and left the institution in 1909. His undisputed talent was still recognized, evident even in this academic-style drawing made in the year he entered the Academy.

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