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Sunflowers I
Date1911

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

ULAN

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
90 x 80,3 cm
SignatureSign. und dat. links unten: EGON / SCHIELE / 1911
Inventory number2494
Locations Derzeit nicht ausgestellt
Withered 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.