Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
 

Egon Schiele was born in 1890 in Tulin, a small town located near Vienna. His talent risovalzika manifested in early childhood. His father, head of the railway station, tried to develop that talent until his death in 1905
His death greatly affected the outlook Schiele.
His guardian was opposed to the Schiele dedicated his life to painting, but he did not listen to him and entered the verskuyu Academy of Fine Arts. However, studies at the Academy was of too academic to taste Schiele, and in 1909 he resigned from it, creating with my friends «Seukunstgruppe» (group of adherents of the new iskusschtva).

His first works were inspired by the Impressionists, but very quickly he approached the Vienna Secession. At this time he was influenced by Gustav Klimt, and George Minne and especially Van Gogh, who played an important role in sozschdanii own style of Schiele. In order to earn a living, he wrote a lot of portraits. It was at this time, there are portraits of "empty", monochrome background, which became characteristic of the art Schiele.
Since 1910 his work became more personal, stylistic characteristics of his work developed: the simple forms, stinginess in detail, using the background without ornamentation and detail. Schiele wrote many self-portraits, in which he Stramit express their social status or emotional state, for it is important to portray the inner anxiety of the ego. He is making this eccentric body postures, sudorzhnymi hand gestures. Distorted facial features, strange faces created great tension.
Schiele paints quickly, his confidence and nerve bar instantly recognizable. Figure for him is important because of its allusive, spontaneity, unfinished. Often drawing then paint, and that further enhances its expressiveness.

For his drawings are typical clear contours, ak would be "locking" of his characters. His palette is based on black, brown, warm red colors with green interference, she is actively involved in creating a climate of anxiety and anxiety, coming from his work. Taakoe use of color enhances the expressive force of tracks Schiele.

It is extremely important place in his work is nudity. Artist fascinated by the naked human body, its impermanence and pulse, which it concealed. His nudes are becoming increasingly erotic, provocative, indecent. The characters seemed frozen in their positions, but anxiety always breaks through this ieratichnost.

Even the signature is of great importance: Schiele carefully komponiruet it, indicating their name and date of creation of a certain closed form - something like a print authentication. On the canvas, especially important for him, he makes a few signatures, and other eq does not sign, thus establishing a hierarchy of their works.
In 1911, Schiele and his Artist's Model Valerie Noytsil, which is usually called the Valley, he moved to Noylenbah.

In 1912 he was convicted by a court for distributing immoral images, drawings, posluzhivschie evidence of such misconduct, were confiscated, and he spent 3 days in jail.
After leaving her with a sense of injustice of his conviction, he conducted a large number of increasingly challenging erotic drawings, in which he portrays a misunderstood victim of society.

In 1915, Sheila and Valerie Noytsil parted. June 17 the same year he married Edith Harms. Soon he was mobilized and sent first to Prague and then Vienna.

Temvremenem art Schiele evolved: it has become more balanced, has found peace.
In 1918 he painted "Family", which very clearly shows that the development of his style. Work was in the same year with great success shown in the Vienna Secession. Most of the exhibited works were sold. But on Oct. 28, his wife died from inflyuentsy, and three days later, on Oct. 31, 1918, from the same disease died, and the artist himself.

That's yeah! This master! Thank you!

LCR, A erotica, where? Country, for that ..

I might add that in 1978, when I first came to Vienna, Schiele drawings (which borders Austria to the few who knew) I could buy a few thousand shillings (1 shilling at the time was worth 0.3 francs. Franca; 1 euro - 6,6 francs, so count yourself), and selling them was full.
People who bought them at that time, made a very, very good investment that we all agree? (I do not reproach to me that I was constantly drifting away from the main theme of the forum and to give investors optimism:))

Tiutchev, you really like, or you dig me (note I do not mind, I just want to understand)?

A sale may be a link?

Wife was pregnant. In his work physically, there is a premonition of the tragedy and the challenge of death. This work in 1911 - A pregnant woman and death.

  Here's one recent:
Sale Information
Sale 7701
Impressionist /Modern Evening Sale
4 February 2009
London, King Street
CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT

Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Stehende Frau mit Schuen und Strümpfen
signed and dated 'Egon Schiele 1913. " (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper
18 7 /8 x 12 5 /8 in. (47.9 x 32 cm.)
Executed in 1913

Price Realized (Set Currency)
£ 601,250
($ 864.598)
Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
£ 550,000 - £ 750,000
($ 783.750 - $ 1,068,750)

Of course, all very seriously.