Nude
1912
Egon Schiele was a master of making a single line feel like it's vibrating with nervous energy. In this 1912 drawing, a nude figure kneels with a delicate, almost fragile grace, her curly hair framing a face that looks both innocent and knowing. Schiele was famous for pushing boundaries in Vienna, often getting into trouble with authorities for his raw, unfiltered depictions of the human body. Just a year before this, he was actually jailed for exhibiting 'obscene' drawings, yet he never stopped capturing the intense, sometimes uncomfortable reality of human existence.
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