Krumau - Crescent of Houses (The Small City V)

1915 · Israel Museum, Jerusalem

landscape

In spring 1911 Schiele moved to Krumau (now Cesk Krumlov, Czech Republic), his mother's native town. There he painted small views of the city in which he disregarded topographical accuracy in order to emphasize the enervating effect on him of the apparently idyllic medieval town. Houses are often seen from an exaggeratedly elevated viewpoint as if laid out on a chessboard and are grouped in virtually abstract configurations.

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Krumau - Crescent of Houses (The Small City V)

About the Artist

Egon Schiele

1890 – 1918

Austrian painter, draughtsman and printmaker. He is, with Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), one of the major figures of Austrian Expressionism, despite the brevity of his artistic career, which lasted only about ten years. While remaining faithful to the initial influences on his work of the Vienna Secession, and in particular of the art of Gustav Klimt, he developed a personal and expressive style. He introduced psychologically and sexually intense subject matter that was radical in its subjectivity and highly influential on later generations of artists. His distinctly personal style made him one of the most important representatives of early Viennese Expressionism. His oeuvre includes landscapes, portraits, and above all, nudes, which were considered scandalous in his day.

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