In memory of Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

A hundred years ago the world was recovering from the Spanish Flue. Like the Corona Virus it was was a deadly pandemic that lasted from January 1918 to December 1920 and infected a quarter of the world's population. One of the victims was the twenty-eight year old Austrian painter Egon Schiele. Since his death no other artist has been able to equal his mastery of colour, brevity and foreshortening. He worked mainly in gouache and watercolour and his powerful female nudes are unashamedly erotic. Full recognition was not accorded to his work until the 1950's.