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Squatting Couple (The Family)

The image depicts two naked individuals and a child sitting on a sofa. The man is muscular with a pronounced facial structure and an attentive expression. The woman sits beside him in a relaxed posture, holding the child on her lap. The child appears to wear a simple fabric outfit and looks toward the viewer. The background is dark, with an untidy feel, featuring some irregular shapes and textures. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Squatting Couple (The Family)
The image depicts two naked individuals and a child sitting on a sofa. The man is muscular with a pronounced facial structure and an attentive expression. The woman sits beside him in a relaxed posture, holding the child on her lap. The child appears to wear a simple fabric outfit and looks toward the viewer. The background is dark, with an untidy feel, featuring some irregular shapes and textures. [AI-generated with ChatGPT]
Egon Schiele, Kauerndes Menschenpaar (Die Familie), 1918, Öl auf Leinwand, 150 × 160,8 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 4277
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
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  • Squatting Couple (The Family)

  • Date1918
    • Künstler*in Egon Schiele (1890 Tulln – 1918 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    150 × 160,8 cm
  • SignatureUnbezeichnet
  • Inventory number4277
  • Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 2. Floor (west), Room NW2
  • A man and a woman, both nude, are crouching in a dark room. A child peers out from between the woman’s legs. Positioned protectively behind them both, the man with alert eyes reveals Schiele’s features. His bony body contrasts with the woman’s soft curves, who looks down, lost in thought. Despite their physical proximity, the two bodies appear isolated. Schiele’s own family would never come into existence. His wife Edith died of Spanish flu on October 28, 1918, when she was six months pregnant. Egon Schiele died three days later. Art critic Berta Zuckerkandl thereupon first used the title “The Family” for Squatting Couple.

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