TVM Basement: 20th C. Pre WW-I European Art - Egon Schiele (Part 2 of 3)

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20th Century European Art

European Art
before World War I

Egon Schiele

(Part 2 of 3)

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Egon Schiele

born: Tulln on the Danube, Austria; 12 June 1890
died: Vienna, Austria; 31 October 1918 of influenza

Chronology with Pictures (Continued)

1910

Schiele begins painting nude children

1911

Schiele exhibits at the Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Articles about him in magazines begins to focus collectors attention. Roessler and Gütersloh publish essays on his art.

In mid-May, Egon leaves Vienna for various reasons Among them: the military service threatens, he is in love with Klimt's former model Wally Neuzil, and he not getting along with the other members of his artistic group. So, he rents a garden house in Krumau, his mother's birthplace. He meets and befriends Erwin Osen, a firm believer in avant-garde art who is also an eccentric stage designer and painter.

Schiele continued to be interested in painting nude children, and continuded to work with child models in Krumau. He also lived with his model, Wally Neuzil. The child paintings offend small town morality, but the town scandal was framed in terms of his living arangements with Wally. The social pressure forces Schiele and Neuzil to leave Krumau for nearby Neulengbach in early August.

Standing Girl 1910	Seated Nude Girl 1910	Newborn 1910
Moa 1911 On Loan to MOMA New York, NY, US	Seated Nude - Moa 1911	The Dream One 1911 MOMA New York, NY, US
Prophets Double Self-portrait 1911 Graphische Sammlung Albertina Vienna. Austria	Self portrait with Black Earthenware Vessel 1911 Historisches Museum Vienna, Austria	The Red Host 1911 Private Collection New York, NY, US
Three Girls 1911 Private Collection		Two Girls on a Fringed Blanket 1911
Sunflowers 1911 Graphische Sammlung Albertina Vienna, Austria

1912

Egon again exhibits with the New Art Group, this time in Budapest; he also has works in the Munich Secession exhibition. In March his first print, a lithograph of a nude, is published. Because of the pictures of nude children. He is arrested on charges of kidnapping, statutory rape, and public immorality. He is put in jail in St.Pölten. Most of the charges against him are dropped, but Schiele is given a twenty-four day sentence for public immorality, since children had been exposed to nude drawings in his studio. He moves out of Neulengbach.

After traveling for six months staying with friends and family, in November he returns to Vienna and moves into the studio at 101, Hietzinger Hauptstrasse, which will be his headquarters for several years. Both at Christmas and New Years, he is the guest of industrialist August Lederer at Györ. Erich Lederer, August's son, becomes his pupil.

1913

Schiele is accepted into the Bund Österreichischer Künstler (Federation of Austrian Artists). Egon lives in Vienna but makes frequent excursions to the Wachau district and to Krumau. Through the sponsorship and influence of Roessler and Hans Goltz, Egon is able to exhibit his art widely in Germany. During the year he exhibits in important group art shows including: Federation of Austrian Artists show in Budapest, other group shows in: Cologne, Dresden, Paris, Vienna, and Rome. He has an individual show at the Galerie Goltz in Munich. He takes Wally and stays with Arthur Roessler near Salzburg. Schiele also contributes to the Berlin periodical Die Aktion.