Dr. Othmar Fritsch
1917
Staring right into your soul with wide, haunting eyes, this floating head showcases the raw, unflinching style of Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele. Created in 1917, just a year before his tragic death from the Spanish flu at age 28, this portrait of Dr. Othmar Fritsch captures a vulnerable humanity. Schiele didn't believe in making subjects look 'pretty'; he used sketchy lines and translucent washes to strip away the body and focus entirely on psychological intensity. The receding hairline and reddish cheeks give the doctor a ghostly, almost feverish appearance, hovering alone on the page.
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