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Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden

Egon Schiele was one of Vienna's most provocative artists at the beginning of the twentieth century. Beautiful ladies and an era that is coming to an end drive his life and work. Gerti, his sister and first muse, and 17-year-old Wally, possibly Schiele's one true love, immortalized in his iconic painting 'Death and the Maiden,' will have a lasting impression on him. While daring artists like Gustav Klimt and art agents alike sense the extraordinary, Schiele's radical paintings scandalize Viennese society. Egon Schiele, on the other hand, is willing to go beyond his own suffering and sacrifice love and life for his work.

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