Death and the Maiden
Tod und Mädchen / 1915
Egon Schiele
Artwork Information
Artist | Egon Schiele
Year | 1915
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
150 × 180 cm
Location
Death and the Maiden
In this existential work, Egon Schiele explores themes of transience and death through a biographical lens. The painting depicts a couple in an unstable posture; the young woman, Schiele's long-time partner and model Wally Neuzil, clings to her lover with both arms, while the man—a self-portrait of Schiele—stares into space. Created during the period when Schiele left Neuzil to marry Edith Harms, the fragile balance of the figures suggests a moment on the verge of shattering.
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