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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Krumau on the Vltava (The Small Town IV)

  • Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
  • 1914
  • Oil, black chalk on canvas
  • Leopold Museum, Vienna

Egon Schiele depicted the houses opposite the Schlossberg in Krumau from an extreme top view. The houses were re-imagined by Schiele in bright yellow, blue, and white. The buildings were simplified into flat, geometric shapes. The dark river and the roofs represent the theme of isolation and solitude in urban settings that Schiele continuously revisited.

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