Auctioning unique, expressive gestural self-portrait, oil on canvas painting, signed Egon Schiele in the lower right margin. Approximate height: 34.8 cm. Approximate width: 25.0 cm. Label and stamp on verso. This artwork was acquired in a folio of paintings and drawings from Germany, the artwork is accompanied with registration certificate at National Fine Arts Registry, with a letter of description, COA, with transfer of ownership letter and transfer of registration certificate to the new owner, artwork is currently presented and described as in manner of the artist, as is, as was acquired. An iconic Expressionist image, will enhance any interior or serious art collection. Egon Schiele was a famous Austrian painter, famous for being influenced by the works of Gustav Klimt and pioneering into the art of expressionism. Despite Egon Schiele’s short life, the artist produced an astonishing number of works on canvas and paper. He was instrumental in formulating the character of early twentieth-century Expressionism, characterized by the use of irregular contours, an often somber palette, and frequently dark symbolism. He is still remembered for his outrageously bold and sexual drawings, the portraits of nude models and himself. The sexual undertone in his work was highly criticized during his time, was called vulgar and grotesque but today they are considered as masterpieces. Schiele’s aesthetic greatly influenced both Expressionist contemporaries like Oskar Kokoschka, as well as Neo-Expressionist successors as varied as Francis Bacon, Julian Schnabel, and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Unlike his mentor, Klimt, with whom Schiele’s name remains most commonly associated, he produced a great number of self-portraits, suggesting a preoccupation with the self on a par with the likes of Picasso. Schiele’s self-portraits are extraordinary not only for the frequency with which the artist depicted himself, but for the manner in which he did so: eroticized depictions where he often appears in the nude, in highly revealing posesmale self-portraits virtually unparalleled in the history of Western art. Deliveries are by national postal service. All items are handled and packed with care. The item “Auctioning an original oil, on canvas painting, signed Egon Schiele w COA & DOCS” is in sale since Saturday, December 03, 2016. This item is in the category “Art\Art from Dealers & Resellers\Paintings”. The seller is “lukasaks_0″ and is located in BC. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Signed?: Signed
• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Figures & Portraits
• Style: Expressionism
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Medium (Up to 30in.)
• Region of Origin: Europe