5/internal/media/dispatcher/142776/fullI used to live in Vienna, now I live in L. A. and the paintings have followed me here2006[Marcin Maciejowski]Marcin MaciejowskiOil on canvasPaintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/19482/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/94715/fullVictor Ritter von Bauer1918[Egon Schiele]Egon SchieleOil on canvasPaintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/1955/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/7214/fullEgon Schiele on His Death-Bed1918[Martha Fein]Martha FeinPhotographPhotographyhttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/7446/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/4507/fullHouse Wall (Windows)1914[Egon Schiele]Egon SchieleOil on canvasRoughly plastered and riddled with cracks, the façade of the house shows all the traces of time. It is punctuated with windows in an irregular arrangement. Each window is unique: sometimes open, sometimes closed, every single one has different colors. Filling the picture space, the composition tells us nothing about the surroundings. Only a narrow path at the base of the image indicates space. It was probably a building in Český Krumlov (Krumau), where Schiele’s mother was born, which had inspired the artist on one of his sojourns in the town. Heightening the tactile effect, Schiele used paint that resembled plaster on a real façade. Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/3072/rdf/internal/media/dispatcher/110724/fullSunflowers I1911[Egon Schiele]Egon SchieleOil on canvasWithered and parched, the brown leaves droop. Large flower heads gaze feebly at their young blooms below, but even these small fresh blossoms cannot halt the decay. Like Gustav Klimt, Schiele’s penchant for sunflowers was probably inspired by Vincent van Gogh. However, the young painter radically departed from Klimt’s decorative legacy. Instead, Schiele’s expressive works are full of contortions, distortions, and deformations. Even individual sunflowers become a reflection of spiritual turmoil and a symbol of all that is transient. “I am human. I love death and I love life,” Schiele once declared.Paintinghttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/8294/rdf