1918, Egon Schiele, Portrait of the Painter Albert Paris von Gütersloh -- Leopold Museum (Vienna) [special exhibition]

From the museum label: This depiction of Albert Paris von Gütersloh (1887-1973) is probably the boldest portrait on canvas from Schiele's late period. The subject is shown seated, surrounded by a colorful dynamic sea of flames, in contrast to other portraits from the period. Electrifying and expressive, the extrovert writer and painter presents himself in a frontal pose with his lower arms raised -- almost as if the gestures are adding to the dynamic brushwork surrounding them. By contrast, the face is rendered more precisely, gazing pensively into the distance with a slightly furrowed brow, calm and concentrated. Is he being shown as a fellow "seer"? The painting probably has more in common with the later allegories than with Schiele's formal portraits, and its light, loosely brushed surface gives an idea of how the allegories might have looked if the artist had been able to finish the series.

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