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Die Umarmung

Belvedere, Oberes Belvedere, 1. Obergeschoß (Ost), Raum SO1
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The Embrace
Date1917

Künstler*in Egon Schiele (1890 Tulln – 1918 Wien)

ULAN

Object typeGemälde
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
100 × 170 cm
SignatureUnbezeichnet
Inventory number4438
Locations Belvedere, Upper Belvedere, 1. Floor (east), Room SO1
Schiele spent his life rattling the cage of convention. He was always provoking—with disturbing depictions of the human body and, above all, with the explicit, uncompromising eroticism of his work. In the year before his death, the painter once again explored the eternal mystery and power of erotic attraction. The man and woman are utterly absorbed in one another. Crumpled fabric underscores the intensity of their embrace. But the couple also appear strangely tense, as if they are clinging to each other with poignant helplessness. Schiele painted this work during a personal crisis and it reflects his mood of doom, also conveyed by the hard contours and the bold brushstrokes.

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Sammlung Heinrich Rieger, Wien
1950 Ankauf Robert Rieger, New York

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