Mur de maison sur la rivière
1915
Egon Schiele captures the crumbling charm of a riverside town in this 1915 expressionist masterpiece. The buildings look like they're huddled together for warmth, their jagged outlines and earthy, decaying facades reflecting the artist's signature anxious energy. Laundry flutters on a line, adding a splash of domestic life to the otherwise gloomy, almost ghostly scene. Painted just before he was drafted into World War I, the dark, murky water at the bottom mirrors the heavy mood of the era. It's a haunting snapshot of a world on the brink of change.
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