Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

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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.