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'''Egon Schiele''' ((Tulln bei Wien, 12 June 1890 – Wien, 31 October 1918) was an [[Austrian]] [[expressionism|expressionist]] [[painter]]. He was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Egon Schiele made sexuality and eroticism one of his major themes and was briefly imprisoned for obscenity in 1912. He was only 16 when he went to the Vienna Academy of Fine Art and had his first exhibition in 1908.

'''Egon Schiele''' ((Tulln bei Wien, 12 June 1890 – Wien, 31 October 1918) was an [[Austrian]] [[expressionism|expressionist]] [[painter]]. He was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Egon Schiele made sexuality and eroticism one of his major themes and was briefly imprisoned for obscenity in 1912. He was only 16 when he went to the Vienna Academy of Fine Art and had his first exhibition in 1908.

[[Image:Schiele Four Trees.jpg|thumb|right|Four Trees]]

[[Image:Schiele Four Trees.jpg|thumb|right|Four Trees]]

Other prominent Expressionists include Ernst Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel,  Wassily Kandinsky, Max Beckmann and Emil Nolde. [[Expressionism]] is a term used to describe a movement of the early 20th century.   

Other prominent Expressionists include Ernst Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel,  [[Wassily Kandinsky]], Max Beckmann and Emil Nolde. [[Expressionism]] is a term used to describe a movement of the early 20th century.   

The Art Critic Arthur C. Danto says: "Eroticism and pictorial representation have coexisted since the beginning of art, and many great artists have a few erotic images, but Schiele was unique in making eroticism the defining motif of his impressive if circumscribed oeuvre."

The Art Critic Arthur C. Danto says: "Eroticism and pictorial representation have coexisted since the beginning of art, and many great artists have a few erotic images, but Schiele was unique in making eroticism the defining motif of his impressive if circumscribed oeuvre."