Egon Schiele

Egon Schiele was an Austrian expressionist painter that was born in 1890. He became a very well known painter in the early 20 century and now has pieces of art across the world.

Egon Schiele showed his artistic ability very early on in childhood but it was not until he was 15 years old he discovered his passion for art and applied at Kunstgewerbeschule, a very prominent art school in Vienna that had already produced famous painters.

After Egon Schiele was at that school jsut a year they transferred him to the more traditional school Akademie der Bildenden Künste.

In 1907 Egon Schiele became a student to Gustav Klimt. For 11 years Egon succeeded in his dream of being a well known expressionist.

He died in 1918 from the spanish flu just three days after his pregnant wife died from the same cause.

During Egon Schiele's short life he produced many beautiful works of art that are on display all over the world at some of the most well known museums.