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  • _niko12

    I just love Egon Schiele...subject matter aside. what is it about his work that strikes such a cord? he capture some spirit of the human anatomy without worrying too much or none at al about the literal interpretation of it and it's just fucking great.

    • and all this mountain of work before age 28, fucking hell._niko
    • Visit https://www.leopoldm… for moregrafician
    • < these look flat online, but irl the paintings have amazing details, a lot of crazy layeringgrafician
    • He’s the only reason I went to Vienna. Love his work. Fuck Klimt, that poserGnash
    • Dude design his clothes and furniture as wellGnash
    • See also: Rachel's album Music for Egon Schiele (one of my all time favorites) https://www.youtube.…skwiotsmith
    • master of masters!renderedred
    • One of the greatest. Truly a style master. Crazy sad that he died of Spanish flu.PhanLo
    • https://i.imgur.com/…imbecile
    • Ah Phanlo I just assumed it was heroin lol also, welcome back!_niko
    • as a gd i have always been a fan. just so essentialAQUTE
    • Someone give his models a burger!mort_
    • He had an incestuous relationship with his younger sister at 16, her 12, and often used teenage girls as models. Arrested for kidnapping/seducing a 13 year old!whatthefunk
    • These are like crime scene sketches, jesuswhatthefunk
    • Is it true that the dude was a straight up pedo and rapist?utopian
    • https://www.theartne…Gnash
    • Love the work. The movie about him is pretty good too. Goes into the pedo charges.cannonball1978
    • I'd never heard of him until going to the Leopold. His style was ahead by a century.i_monk

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