Born on 12 June 1890, we mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of artist Egon Schiele.

Despite dying at twenty-eight, Schiele left behind an impressive - and influential - body of work, often obsessed with the ugly beauty of the human form. We present an overview of the man's life and work.

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The man himself, Schiele in his studio in Vienna, 1914
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An early self-portrait wearing a white shirt, 1910
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One of a number of nude self-studies, 1910
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Egon and Edith Schiele, 1915
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Vienna in the first decade of the 20th Century
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The train station in Tulln where Egon's father worked and where Egon was born
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An elegant self-portrait from 1911
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'Blind Mother', 1914
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'Hermits', a self-portrait with Gustav Klimt, 1912
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Portrait of Arthur Roessler, 1910
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Portrait of a young boy, 1910
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'Mother with two children III', 1917
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'Portrait of Wally', 1912
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'Seated woman in violet stockings', 1917
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'The artist's room in Neulengbach', 1911
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One of Schiele's less explicit nudes, 1914
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'House with laundry drying', 1917
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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'Death and the Maiden', 1915
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Poster for the 1918 Secession exhibition
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Portrait of Gustav Klimt in his artist's smock, 1913
akg-images / Erich Lessing
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