Egon Schiele

1890-1918 · Austrian · Expressionism, Vienna Secession

Biography

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was a protégé of Klimt who became one of the most radical draughtsmen of the twentieth century. His angular, psychologically raw self-portraits, nudes and portraits, together with brooding townscapes of Krumau, defined Austrian Expressionism. He died of Spanish flu at 28, after barely a decade of mature work. For the market the split is clear: oil paintings are rare, many are in Vienna's Leopold Museum and Belvedere, and several carry restitution histories, while his watercolours and drawings are more numerous and form a deep, active market from hundreds of thousands to several million dollars. His auction record is Houses with Colourful Laundry (Suburb II), sold for $40.1 million at Sotheby's London in 2011.

Market

• Liquidity: Medium

Museums

• Leopold Museum, Vienna
• Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna
• Albertina, Vienna
• Neue Galerie, New York
• Egon Schiele Museum, Tulln

Sources

• New York Times, Schiele and Picasso draw interest at London auctions
• Wikipedia, Egon Schiele

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