Egon Schiele - Death and the Maiden - 1915
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steeve-x-art / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5880 x 4947 px | 49.8 x 41.9 cm | 19.6 x 16.5 inches | 300dpiMore information:
During the time Death and the Maiden was painted, Schiele was ordered to report for active service in the First World War. The artist had put it off for over a year, but eventually, he was appointed to guard and escort Russian prisoners (who later became subjects for his art). Death was a prominent theme in Schiele's life at the time, and this haunting painting captures the artist’s depressive state of mind. It features a gaunt female figure clinging to the male figure of death, wrapped in a white sheet and surrounded by a grave-like surreal landscape. Some believe the painting represents Schiele’s painful separation from his longtime lover, Wally Neuzil. The artist painted it several months before he married his new lover, Edith Harms, and perhaps, the work is symbolic of the death of his previous relationship - EMMA TAGGART - My Modern Met