Egon Schiele, Porträt der Trude Engel, 1911. Neue Galerie der Stadt, Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum
Egon Schiele, Kleinstadt, 1912-1913
All this Vienna talk made me think of the great Egon Schiele. There will never be another artist who could see hands like Egon Schiele. There will be no other Egon Schiele or another Vienna that gave birth to him. Speaking of Vienna. Why did Stefan Zweig kill himself in Brazil? Who does he think he is, Walter Benjamin? The Master of Passionate Excesses - Stefan Zweig probed the darkest emotions with exquisite deftness … and then gave up.
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