Egon Schiele Mixed Media For Auction at 888 Auctions on Oct 10, 2019

Egon Schiele Austrian Expressionist Mixed 1914 – Oct 10, 2019

Egon Schiele Austrian Expressionist Mixed 1914 – Lot 183 – Oct 10, 2019

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Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele (1890-1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter who had a major influence on Modernist figurative painting in the 20th century. Notorious during his time for his bold portrayals of human sexuality, he has remained a subject of fascination and controversy to this day. Unlike his friend and mentor Gustav Klimt, Schiele painted and drawn compositionally bare, focusing on stylized representations of the human figure that features exaggerated musculature and a special focus given to the extremities. Digits, hair, breasts, and genitalia are all rendered with particular care.

Schiele was born in Tulln an der Donau, Austro-Hungarian Empire on June 12, 1890. Schiele’s personal life was tumultuous and marked with death and tragedy. After his father died from syphilis in 1905, Schiele moved to Vienna where he garnered contact with the prominent painters Edvard Munch and Vincent van Gogh. He exhibited his own work by 1908, however, within the following decade the artist was imprisoned on pornography charges. Schiele was also accused of seducing a minor, drafted for military service in World War I, and married twice.

He succumbed to the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, dying on October 31, at the age of 28. Schiele’s legacy is incalculably influential, and his work can be found in important cultural collections like The Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna.

Auction Overview

Richmond Hill, ON – 428 fresh to market items will be available to the discerning buyers and collectors in 888 Auctions’ October 10th auction featuring the finest in MODERN ART, IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS & GEMSTONES 2019-10-10. Taking place in the afternoon at 2 PM (EST), bidders will be competing against one another over a variety of items on display.

Visit the auction at 888 Auctions during the public viewing period:

Monday, October 7: 10AM-5PM
Tuesday, October 8: 10AM-5PM
Wednesday, October 9: 10AM-5PM
Thursday, October 10: 10:30AM-1PM

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