1918, Egon Schiele, Squatting Couple (The Family) -- Belvedere Palace (Vienna)
From the museum label: A man and a woman—both naked—are squatting in the gloom. Between the woman's legs a child can be seen. The man has Egon Schiele's features and gazes out of the picture. Despite their proximity, the figures seem isolated with very little connection between them. The title Family was coined by the art critic Berta Zuckerkandl. Schiele's own family, possibly imagined here, would ultimately never exist, however. His wife Edith died of Spanish flu when she was six months pregnant in October 1918; only three days later the artist succumbed to the same disease. He left this painting behind unfinished.
1918, Egon Schiele, Squatting Couple (The Family) -- Belvedere Palace (Vienna)
From the museum label: A man and a woman—both naked—are squatting in the gloom. Between the woman's legs a child can be seen. The man has Egon Schiele's features and gazes out of the picture. Despite their proximity, the figures seem isolated with very little connection between them. The title Family was coined by the art critic Berta Zuckerkandl. Schiele's own family, possibly imagined here, would ultimately never exist, however. His wife Edith died of Spanish flu when she was six months pregnant in October 1918; only three days later the artist succumbed to the same disease. He left this painting behind unfinished.