Egon Schiele Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Egon Schiele
The Life of Egon Schiele Tulln, Lower Austria, provides the setting for the beginning of Egon Schiele’s life. Born on 12 June 1890, he enters a world defined by the rigid structures of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Adolf Schiele, manages the local station as the station master for the Austrian Federal Railways. His mother, Marie, is known by her maiden name, Soukup. Within the family, Egon grows alongside his three sisters:
Elvira, Melanie, and Gertrude. The stability of this domestic life fractures early. The shadow of illness moves through the household, leaving a permanent mark on the young artist's psyche. These personal disruptions do not merely pass; they settle into the marrow of his future work. He moves through the world with a sensitivity to mortality that will eventually define his place in Austrian Expressionism. His existence becomes a strug…