Artist

Egon Schiele

1890–1918 · born in Tulln an der Donau · died in Vienna

Egon Schiele was born in Tulln, Austria, and studied art in Vienna as a teenager. He was inspired by Gustav Klimt and developed a raw, angular and expressive drawing style. He lived in Vienna and in smaller Austrian towns. He died of the Spanish flu in 1918 at just 28, three days after his wife.