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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Female Nude with Shawl, Back View

  • Fragment of Conversion II
  • Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
  • 1913
  • Oil on canvas
  • Leopold Museum, Vienna

This painting is a fragment of a larger work titled Conversion II, now lost, that depicted twelve people surrounding a central figure in a preacher’s pose. It was a painting with a religious theme that represented spiritual awakening and inner struggles. The woman wearing a shawl over her shoulders seems to be faltering in her steps, conveying her solitude and anxiety.

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