Fall 2022 - The Figure

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Sheet: 18 × 14”
1911
A protégé of Gustav Klimt, the Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele (1890–1918)
was known for his graphic style and embrace of figural distortion. His erotic and
deeply psychological portraits possess an idiosyncratic line and a selective use of
color. In this watercolor, Girl in Red Robe and Black Stockings, Schiele portrays a
provocatively dressed woman in an accentuated, twisting pose, isolated on a sheet
of paper. Through the artist’s detached approach, she appears as an object for
formal analysis. Yet Schiele’s artistic process was an intimate experience—to create
his loose, fluid figurative sketches, the artist used a continuous drawing technique
that required constant eye contact with his model.