Egon Schiele – Biography and Artwork of the Austrian Artist

Egon Schiele was an Austrian artist who gained recognition for his expressionist paintings, drawings, and prints. Born on June 12th, 1890 in Tulln, Austria, he attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for two years and was greatly influenced by the Jugendstil movement. His artwork stands out due to its raw sexuality and intensity.

One notable aspect of Schiele’s work is his use of self-portraits. He produced many self-portraits that are now considered some of his most famous pieces. Additionally, his style was highly unique and recognizable with thin lines and exaggerated features.

Sadly, Schiele died at a young age from the Spanish flu pandemic on October 31st, 1918 when he was only 28 years old. Despite this fact, he had already made a name for himself as a powerful figure in European Art Nouveau.

Overall, Egon Schiele’s body of work has had an enduring impact on modern art to this day. His legacy helped shape future generations’ artistic vision with deep emotional expressionism being still present in modern art today.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who was Egon Schiele’s Sister?

Egon Schiele’s sister was Gertrude Schiele (1894-1981).  Gertrude frequently posed for portraits for Egon.

All Egon Schiele Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
House with a Bay Window in the Garden 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
House with Drying Laundry 1917; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
House with Shingles 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
I Love Antitheses 1912 watercolor,paper
Island Town (Krumau Town Crescent) 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Kneeling Female Nude, Back View 1915; Vienna, Austria
Kneeling Semi-Nude 1911
Kneeling Young Man 1908; Vienna, Austria chalk,paper
Krumau 1911; Czech Republic oil,canvas
Krumau on the Molde 1912; Czech Republic oil,panel
Seated child 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Seated female nude with elbows propped 1914
Seated Girl Facing Front 1911 watercolor,paper
Seated Girl with Bare Torso and Light Blue Skirt 1911 watercolor,paper
Seated Girl with Raised Left Leg 1911 watercolor,paper
Seated male Nude (Self-Portrait) 1910; Czech Republic oil,canvas
Seated Male Nude, Right Hand Outstretched 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Seated Woman 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Seated Woman in Violet Stockings 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Seated Woman with Bent Knee 1917; Vienna, Austria crayon,gouache,watercolor,paper
Village by the River 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Village with Mountains 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Vorstadt 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Wally with a Red Blouse c.1913
Water Sprites 1908; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Willy Lidl 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Winding Brook 1906; Vienna, Austria oil,panel
Windows (Facade of a House) 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Winter Trees 1912 oil,canvas
Woman in a Green Blouse and Muff 1915; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Krumau on the Molde, The Small City c.1912; Czech Republic oil,canvas
Krumau Town Crescent I 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Landscape at Krumau 1916; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Landscape in Lower Austria 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Levitation 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Little Girl with Blond Hair in a Red Dress 1916; Vienna, Austria
Little Tree (Chestnut Tree at Lake Constance) 1912 watercolor,paper
Long haired nude, bent over forward, jerk view 1918; Vienna, Austria charcoal,paper
Lovers Man and Woman 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Lying Woman 1917 oil,canvas
Seated Woman with Green Stockings 1918; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Seated Woman with Her Left Hand in Her Hair 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Seated Young Girl 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1911 watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1912 watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1912 watercolor,paper
Self Portrait 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Self-portrait as prisoner 1912 watercolor,paper
Woman in Black Stockings 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Woman Undressing 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Woman with Black Hat 1909; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Woman with Blue Stockings 1912 watercolor,paper
Woman with Greyhound (Edith Schiele) 1916; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Woman with Long Hair 1911 watercolor,paper
Woodland Prayer 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Young Boy 1918; Vienna, Austria gouache,pencil,watercolor,paper
Madame Schiele 1917; Vienna, Austria
Madame Sohn 1918; Vienna, Austria charcoal,paper
Male Nude c.1910 watercolor,paper
Man Bendind Down Deeply 1914; Vienna, Austria
Man with Blue Headband and Hand on Cheek 1909; Vienna, Austria
Meadow, Church and Houses 1912 oil,panel
Meadow with Village in Background 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Melon 1905; Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Moa 1911 watercolor,paper
Mother and Child 1914; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Self Portrait as St. Sebastian 1914; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Self Portrait as St. Sebastian (poster) 1914; Vienna, Austria gouache,ink,crayon,cardboard
Self Portrait, Facing Right 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Self portrait in a jerkin with right elbow raised 1914; Vienna, Austria chalk,gouache,pencil,paper
Self Portrait in Lavender and Dark Suit, Standing 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Self Portrait Nude 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self Portrait with Arm Twisting above Head 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self-Portrait with Black Vase and Spread Fingers 1911 oil,panel
Self Portrait with Brown Background 1912 watercolor,paper
Self Portrait with Checkered Shirt 1917; Vienna, Austria
Young Mother 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The orange was the only light 1912
Arthur Roessler 1910; Czech Republic oil,canvas
Mother and Child 1914; Vienna, Austria
Mother and Child (Madonna) 1908; Vienna, Austria
Mother with Two Children 1917; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Mountain Torrent 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Nude with Red Garters 1911
Old Brick House in Carinthia 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Old Houses in Krumau 1914; Vienna, Austria
On the Beach, Moonlight 1907; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Peasant Homestead in a Landscape 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Peasants Jug 1918; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Self-Portrait with Chinese lantern fruits 1912 oil,canvas
Self Portrait with Hands on Chest 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Self Portrait with Outstretched Arms 1911 watercolor,paper
Self Portrait with Raised Arms, Back View 1912 watercolor,paper
Self-Portrait with Raised Bared Shoulder 1912 oil
Self Portrait with Spread Fingers 1909; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Semi Nude, Back View 1918; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Semi Nude with Colored skirt and Raised Arms 1911 watercolor,paper
Setting Sun 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Silhouette of Klosterneuburg c.1906 watercolor,paper
A Tree in Late Autumn 1911 oil,canvas
Autumn Sun I (Rising Sun) 1912 oil,canvas
Autumn Tree in Movement 1912 oil,canvas
Autumn Tree with Fuchsias 1909; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Back View of a Seated Female Nude with Black Hair, Bending 1909
Bare Tree behind a Fence 1912 oil,panel
Black Haired Girl with High Skirt 1911
Blind Mother 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Boating 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Boy in a Sailor Suit 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Poldi Lodzinsky 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Portrait of Albert Paris von Gutersloh 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of a Man with a Floppy Hat (Portrait of Erwin Dominilk Osen) 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Portrait of an Old Man (Johann Harms) 1916; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of a Woman 1912
Portrait of a Woman with Black Hair 1914; Vienna, Austria
Portrait of a Woman with Blue and Green Scarf 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of Dr. Hugo Koller 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Dr. Viktor Ritter von Bauer 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of Edith Schiele 1918; Vienna, Austria
Single Houses 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Sitting Child 1916; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Sitting girl 1917
Sitting Woman 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Sitting Woman 1918; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Sitting Woman in a Green Blouse 1913; Vienna, Austria
Sleeping Child 1910; Czech Republic gouache,pencil,paper
Spitalskirche, Molding 1918; Vienna, Austria
Standing Female Nude in a Blue Robe 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Standing Figure with Halo 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Boy with Hand to Face 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Cardinal and Nun (Caress) 1912 oil,canvas
Ceramics 1918; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Child in Black 1911 watercolor,paper
Church in Stein on the Danube 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,panel
City on the Blue River 1910; Czech Republic
City on the Blue River 1911
Clothed Woman, Reclining c.1910 watercolor,paper
Composition with Three Male Figures (Self Portrait) 1911 watercolor,paper
Composition with Three Male Nudes 1910 drawing
Portrait of Edith Schiele, the artist's wife 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Eduard Kosmack, Frontal, with Clasped Hands 1910; Czech Republic charcoal,paper
Portrait of Eduard Kosmack with Raised Left Hand 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Portrait of Erich Lederer 1912 oil,canvas
Portrait of Erwin Dominilk Osen (Mime Van Osen) 1910 watercolor,charcoal
Portrait of Erwin Dominilk Osen (Mime Van Osen) 1910
Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Heinrich Benesch 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of Heinrich Rieger 1917; Vienna, Austria charcoal,paper
Portrait of Johann Harms 1916; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Standing Girl in a Blue Dress and Green Stockings, Back View 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Standing Girl in a Plaid Garment c.1909
Standing Male Nude 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Standing Male Nude, Back View 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Standing Nude with Large Hat (Gertrude Schiele) 1910; Czech Republic charcoal,paper
Standing Woman 1908; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Standing Woman in Red 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Stein on the Danube 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,panel
Stein on the Danube, Seen from the Kreuzberg 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Stein on the Danube, Seen from the South 1913; Vienna, Austria
Conversion 1912 oil,canvas
Crouching Figure (Valerie Neuzil) 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Danae 1909; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Dead City (City on the Blue River) 1911 oil,panel
Dead Mother 1910; Czech Republic oil,panel
Design for a postcard 1911
Deuring Castle, Bregenz 1912
Double Portrait (Chief Inspector Heinrich Benesch and His Son Otto) 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Double Self Portrait 1915; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Edge of Town (Krumau Town Crescent) 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Karl Maylander 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of Karl Zakovsek 1910; Czech Republic oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Czihaczek 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Leopold Czihaczek (Head of a Bearded Man I) 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Portrait of Leopold Czihaczek, in Profile Facing Left 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Portrait of Leopold Czihaczek, Standing 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of Madame Dr. Horak 1910; Czech Republic
Portrait of Marga Boerner 1917; Vienna, Austria
Portrait of Miss Waerndorfer 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of the Actress Marga Boerner 1917; Vienna, Austria
Street in Krumau 1917; Vienna, Austria
Study of hands 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Summer Landscape, Krumau 1917; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Sunflower 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Sunflower 1909; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Sunflowers 1911 watercolor,paper
Sunflowers 1911 oil,canvas
The Art Dealer Guido Arnot 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The Artist's Mother, Sleeping 1911 watercolor,paper
The Artist's Sister in Law in a Striped Dress 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Edith Schiele, Seated 1915; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Female Model in Bright Red Jacket and Pants 1914; Vienna, Austria
Female Nude 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Female nude 1910; Czech Republic indian ink,watercolor,paper,tempera
Female Nude Lying on Her Stomach 1917; Vienna, Austria
Female Torso, Squatting 1912
Field Landscape (Kreuzberg near Krumau) 1910; Czech Republic
Field of Flowers 1910; Czech Republic chalk,paper
Fighter 1913; Vienna, Austria
Forest with Sunlit Clearing in the Background 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Portrait of the Artist's Wife 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of the Artist's Wife Seated, Holding Her Right Leg 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Portrait of the Composer Arthur Lowenstein 1909; Vienna, Austria chalk,paper
Portrait of the Painter Anton Peschka 1909; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Portrait of the Painter Max Oppenheimer 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Portrait of Valerie Neuzil 1912 oil,panel
Portrait of Victor Ritter von Bauer 1918; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Poster for the Vienna Secession, 49th Exhibition, Die Freunde 1918; Vienna, Austria lithography,paper
Pregnant woman and Death 1911 oil,canvas
Procession 1911 oil,canvas
The Artist's Sister, Melanie 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The Blind 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The Bridge 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The Brother 1911 watercolor,paper
The Dancer Moa 1911 watercolor,paper
The Daydreamer (Gerti Schiele) 1911 watercolor,paper
The Green Stocking 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
The Holy Family 1913; Vienna, Austria
The Mill 1916; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
The Self Seers (Death and Man) 1911 oil,canvas
Four Trees 1917; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Friendship 1913
Fuchsia 1910; Czech Republic
Girl in a Blue Apron 1912 watercolor,paper
Girl in Black 1911 watercolor,paper
Girl in Black Pinafore, Wrapped in Plaid blanket 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Girl in Blue Dress 1911 watercolor,paper
Girl with Black Hair 1910 pencil,watercolor
Girl with Green Pinafore 1910; Czech Republic
Girl with Hood 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Prophets (Double Self Portrait) 1911 oil,canvas
Quatre arbres 1917
Reclining Boy Leaning on His Elbow 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Reclining Female Nude 1908; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Reclining Female Nude 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Reclining Girl on a Pillow 1910; Czech Republic
Reclining Semi Nude with Red Hat 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Reclining Woman with Blonde Hair 1912; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Reclining Woman with Blond Hair 1914; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Reclining Woman with Red Blouse 1908; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
The sleeping girl 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
The Small City (Dead City) 1912 oil,panel
Three Girls 1911 watercolor,paper
Town on the Blue River 1910; Czech Republic
Trees Mirrored in a Pond 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Trieste Fishing Boat 1912 oil,canvas
Triple Self Portrait 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Two Boys 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Two Female Nudes, One Reclining, One Kneeling 1912 watercolor,paper
Two Friends 1912 watercolor,paper
Woman with Black Stockings 1912 watercolor,paper
Yellow City 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Embrace (Lovers II) 1917 Oil on Canvas
Harbor of Trieste 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Head of Dr. Fritsch 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Hermits 1912 oil,canvas
Hindering the Artist is a Crime, It is Murdering Life in the Bud 1912 watercolor,paper
House Between Trees I 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,panel
House on a River (Old House I) 1915; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Houses by the River (The Old City) 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Houses on the Moldau, Krumau 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Houses on the Town Square in Klosterneuberg 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Houses with Laundry (Seeburg) 1914; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
River Landscape 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Rufer 1913; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Russian Prisoner of War (Grigori Kladjishuli) 1916; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Russian Prisoner of War with Fur Hat 1915; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Sailing Boat with Reflection in the Water 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Sailing Ship with Dinghy 1908; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Sarena Lederer 1917; Vienna, Austria watercolor,paper
Sawmill 1913; Vienna, Austria oil,canvas
Schiele's Room in Neulengbach 1911 oil,wood
Seated Child 1917; Vienna, Austria
Two Girls 1911 watercolor,paper
Two Girls on a Fringed Blanket 1911 watercolor,paper
Two Guttersnipes 1910; Czech Republic watercolor,paper
Two Kneeling Figures (Parallelogram) 1913; Vienna, Austria pencil,paper
Two Little Girls 1911 watercolor,paper
Two Seated Girls 1911 watercolor,paper
Untitled 1918 pencil,paper
Upright Standing Woman 1912 gouache,pencil,paper
View from the Drawing Classroom, Klosterneuburg c.1905
View into the Apartment of Leopold and Marie Czihaczek 1907; Vienna, Austria oil,cardboard
Two Women 1915 Watercolor on Paper
Female Nude 1910 Gouache, Watercolor And Black Chalk With White Highlighting
Self-portrait Standing 1910 Gouache, Watercolor And Pencil With White Highlighting
Gerti Schiele 1909 Oil on Canvas
Standing Male Nude with Red Loincloth 1914 Watercolor on Paper
Semi-Nude Girl, Reclining 1911 Gouache, watercolor, and pencil with
Scornful Woman 1910 Watercolor on Paper
The Family 1918 Oil on Canvas
Seated Couple (Egon and Edith Schiele) 1915 Gouache and pencil on paper
Fighter 1913 Gouache And Pencil On Paper
Pregnant Woman And Death 1911 Oil On Canvas
Self-portrait With Raised Right Elbow 1914 Gouache, Watercolor And Black Chalk
Mother And Two Children 1917 Oil On Canvas
Self-portrait With Outstretched Arms 1911 Gouache, Watercolor And Pencil On Paper
Little Tree (chesnut Tree At Lake Constance) 1912 Watercolor And Pencil On Paper
Death and the Maiden 1915 Oil on Canvas
Eduard Kosmack 1910 Oil on Canvas
Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Seated 1918 Oil on Canvas
Self-Portrait as St. Sebastian 1914-15
Self-Portrait Pulling Cheek 1910 Watercolor on Paper
Reclining Woman with Green Stockings 1917 Gouache and black Crayon on paper
The Truth Unveiled 1913 Watercolor on Paper
Agony 1912 Oil on Canvas
Autumn Trees 1911 Oil on Canvas
Seated Girl 1910 Watercolor on Paper
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